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arm79
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| BF XR wrote: | | iirc u need to have it tested every 10 years |
Ford airbag systems are non servicable and don't require any testing or maintenance throughout their life.
Beemers and Mercs are about the only servicable ones out there, and require regular tests and checks.
Besides, there would be no testing on earth that could ensure this kind of deployment doesn't happen. |
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duderat
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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| SpuDTE wrote: | | duderat wrote: | | lucky you didnt crash or something! you should go to the media or something about this. like send something into the cars guide in the friday sun. then ford would probably fix it up for you. |
Doubt it, pretty well known fact reliable airbag life is about 10 years
Or IS it? Does the ford user manual book say anything about getting it checked? If not then you may be on to something! |
ive spent a fair bit of time browsing through the manual and havnt come across anything like that but now you mention it i will have a look tomorow for something about it. or there should be something in the service things at the back. |
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duderat
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| arm79 wrote: | | BF XR wrote: | | iirc u need to have it tested every 10 years |
Ford airbag systems are non servicable and don't require any testing or maintenance throughout their life.
Beemers and Mercs are about the only servicable ones out there, and require regular tests and checks.
Besides, there would be no testing on earth that could ensure this kind of deployment doesn't happen. |
yeh thats right. it says in the book that the light will turn on when you start the car while the system checks all is well then it will turn off but if it stays on then there is a problem and you need to take it to ford and get them to have a squiz at it. |
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Mr Ed
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| Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| i put a leather steering wheel on about 2-3 years ago.. but no nothing recently been done to it or the electrics of the car before it went off.. and nope there was never anything amiss with the airbag light before it happened.. i was out on the highway sitting on about 100kays nothing hit the car and there wasnt even a pothole in the road. Its been into the local ford dealer and they told me nothing and charged me 60 bucks for there trouble.. not sure what to do now, apparently to pass rego the light has to come on for a certain amount of time. |
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ringastinga
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| Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| that sucks so bad... maybe go to jaycar and get something so the light comes on for the certain amount of thime for rw |
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94efdabomb
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| Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:34 pm Post subject: no i wish i did take mine out |
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| phongus wrote: | | XPFalcon170 wrote: | | just get a horn pad from the wreckers minus the airbag, then just take the airbag light out of the cluster. no one will ever know, until a serious crash that is. |
That's when you wish you paid the however amount of dollers to get an airbag put back in...
phong =P~ |
no my mum and dad owned a v8 au fairmont giha electric everything airbags every where i fell a sleep comming home from work had a head on and not 1 f**king air bag went off so explain that to me when the car only had 80000kms on it |
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data_mine
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:18 am Post subject: |
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The car determined, that the airbags either wouldn't have helped or would've made things worse. (or of course it was faulty)
They'll only go off if the car thinks they'll help. |
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phongus
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:26 am Post subject: Re: no i wish i did take mine out |
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| 94efdabomb wrote: | | phongus wrote: | | XPFalcon170 wrote: | | just get a horn pad from the wreckers minus the airbag, then just take the airbag light out of the cluster. no one will ever know, until a serious crash that is. |
That's when you wish you paid the however amount of dollers to get an airbag put back in...
phong =P~ |
no my mum and dad owned a v8 au fairmont giha electric everything airbags every where i fell a sleep comming home from work had a head on and not 1 f**king air bag went off so explain that to me when the car only had 80000kms on it |
Should have had your power nap mate, they save lives and also car crashes. In reality, the amount of kilometers will not justify if something should or shouldn't work. s**t happens, but sleep deprivation can be cured.
I just hope the airbag on the other car went off to save their lives. Hate to say it but not all things work...I am sure my car has a lot of s**t wrong with it that I just don't know...could drive good one day and blow up in my face the next.
phong =P~ |
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94efdabomb
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: no i wish i did take mine out |
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| phongus wrote: | | 94efdabomb wrote: | | phongus wrote: | | XPFalcon170 wrote: | | just get a horn pad from the wreckers minus the airbag, then just take the airbag light out of the cluster. no one will ever know, until a serious crash that is. |
That's when you wish you paid the however amount of dollers to get an airbag put back in...
phong =P~ |
no my mum and dad owned a v8 au fairmont giha electric everything airbags every where i fell a sleep comming home from work had a head on and not 1 f**king air bag went off so explain that to me when the car only had 80000kms on it |
Should have had your power nap mate, they save lives and also car crashes. In reality, the amount of kilometers will not justify if something should or shouldn't work. s**t happens, but sleep deprivation can be cured.
I just hope the airbag on the other car went off to save their lives. Hate to say it but not all things work...I am sure my car has a lot of s**t wrong with it that I just don't know...could drive good one day and blow up in my face the next.
phong =P~ |
yeah ok i should have stopped but we all make silly mistakes i thought i could get home i only lived 15mins from work so if the car decides why is there such a fuss they should tell you that about the air bags so you dnt fully trust them i nevr will again |
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Mr Ed
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| hey can anyone tell me how to get the airbag module with the safing sensor in it out? i can only see one bolt in it and i've got that out and its unpluged but i cant get it out still.. is there more bolts i cant see? |
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shnoza
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I thought the airbag is deployed with compressed co2? |
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arm79
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr Ed wrote: | | hey can anyone tell me how to get the airbag module with the safing sensor in it out? i can only see one bolt in it and i've got that out and its unpluged but i cant get it out still.. is there more bolts i cant see? |
From memory there is 3 bolts. 2 on top and towards the back of the unit. You've obviously only seen the lowest/front/middle onee.
Much easier to get at with the dash out, or at least tilted forward. |
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Mr Ed
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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Found them!! what a pain in the a*** to get at!!  |
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