Subject: 
air bag light!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Sun, 8 Jan 2006 17:58:01 -0700
Date:    





Hi there and thank you for your time and outrage.

My 2001 ford explore air bag light began flashing a while ago.  When i 
took it in (to a dealership) to be checked i was informed that it would 
be 1500 Canadian to fix.  I was told by the mechanic that he had seen 
the problem before.

    The Problem:
Ford cheaped out on the soldering of the wiring carriage that houses the 
connection for the air bags!  the solders are weak and brittle and prone 
to breaking.  How do they break you ask?  General driving.  No big 
bumps, no collisions, just everyday driving!
My response if these solders break under such mundane conditions what 
would happen if per say you were to i don't know.... hit a tree! a car! 
anything more then a rock on the road!!!!!!

I have been trying to get answers from ford but alias and to anybody's 
surprise they have no idea about the problem.

You know if they had cheaped out on the radio knob i might not be so 
disgusted but the airbags come on.

If anyone else has run into this i feel your pain.  I have not paid the 
money as of yet because i want to be sure that it is not some quick fix 
in reality.  I know that when i start the truck the airbag light flashes 
a code 36 if this is of any use.

thank you and rage on maybe but some freak of corporate nature we might 
be heard and satisfied.