I have a 1990 lincoln town car the airbag light flashes 4 times and pauses and flashes again i have changed the sensor and also the mongul nothing has work please some help me with this
Browntoni22: the code it self is "Potential short in Air Bag system"
CAUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are playing with Explosives!!!
Working on a safety restraint system can be very dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. There is a procedure to diagnose the problem which entails using a jumper wire for part of the diagnosis. Just as an example: emissionwiz mentioned a clock spring. This can be damaged by the installer very easily if they don't know what they are doing.
It is designed to rotate only so many revolutions. IF the installer was not paying attention and the clock spring had been out of the packing prior to their receiving it, it could have been rotated one or several revolutions. So when the installer puts the clock spring in place and goes to turn the steering wheel in one direction, it's fine but in the other direction, it will destroy the part!
Anyway, to sum it up in a nutshell, leave this job to a pro.
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no never heard of that before what is that and how do i find out if that is the problem what else could be wrong
have u replaced the clock spring rotating contact under the steering wheel.?
if the clock spring needs replaced you will find other options that are controlled on the steering wheel not working also...no horn, cruise control not working along with the airbag fault...if these options do work it is possible that just the wire for air bag module has a break within the clock spring...normally all the wires will break but 1 or all wires broke still means clock spring replacement regardless
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