My air back light (one with man wearing the seatbelt with circle in front) has come on again...last time I wiggled some wires under the seat and it went out. However now since its back I may as well ask how to actually get it turned off? Is it the wires and ports under the front seats or what?? anyone else had this problem?? fix??

what model falcon?

if its the FG, theres 4 connections under the seat.

one goes into the side of the seat (for the up and down front back button)

the other 3 are on the seat rail,

the connector closest to the pedals is the airbag on, check that's properly clicked in

10 years + and ford still hasnt fixed this issue yeesh

Anything to do with air bag light is probably best to go back to ford and have it checked properly. Last thing you want happening is it going off while you're doing 100 clicks down the freeway.

Yeah and pay $88/hour ha the seat got to come out to get easy access?? Its a BA. I looked up the error in the manual and it said that while the light is on the airbag system will not work in an accident... maybe I will have to take it in to ford... all plugs seem to be connected in but I think only way to make sure is to unplug and replug.... of a thing to get to though..

I unplugged and replugged the yellow plug under both front seats which are the airbag cables. This has worked for now but It could possibly come back again. When I talked to my local ford dealer they said that some falcons do get this problem coming back over and over. The solution to this is that they hard wire the airbag cable system in. So no more plugs.

Just about got my April 2003 BA XR6T the way I want it,

But there is one little niggling problem concerning an airbag warning light. After researching the problem via these two (1 and 2) online references, it appears light flash code 23 - Restraint system - Side airbag module status (passenger side, side airbag circuit fault) is the problem. In my case the light appeared, I moved the seat all the way back and forward a few times and it disappeared but now it is constant no matter what I do.

In the interst of keeping this topic alive, has anyone else experienced this problem? What process did you use to rectify/repair the fault? I suppose I'll go to Ford and be charged around $250 for the pleasure. That way if the fault occurs again I'll take it straight back and not be any more out of pocket.

I suppose I could disconnect the battery, wait 15 minutes, unplug and re-connect the yellow wiring connector and see if the warning goes away for starters.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Edited March 14, 201115 yr by Rockatansky

This has been an ongoing issue in my 03 XR6T. Took it to ford several times and it kept coming back eventually they replaced the driver airbag under warranty, few months later it came back again! It seems to be very temperamental it hasnt been on for several months now but then it'll just come back.

Mine goes like this... when I turn the car on it does the usual light up then turns off I'll be driving like...minute or 2 and it will flash several times, go off, flash, go off then eventually stay on all the time, disconnecting my battery has taken care of it before but always seems to come back!

I fixed a similar problem yesterday.

BA XR8 airbag light on in dash.

Also the steering wheel mounted stereo controls would not work at all.

Replaced the clock spring assembally, now all good.

On 03/05/2010 at 7:19 PM, FOONIN said:

My air back light (one with man wearing the seatbelt with circle in front) has come on again...last time I wiggled some wires under the seat and it went out. However now since its back I may as well ask how to actually get it turned off? Is it the wires and ports under the front seats or what?? anyone else had this problem?? fix??

Yep its situated under driver seat, that was our problem with this car came loose plugged it back in gud as gold problem fixed. 👍