Air bag code 1995 Mercury Sable


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Old 01-02-05, 04:22 PM
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Air bag code 1995 Mercury Sable

I have a 1995 Mercury Sable. 79,000 miles, 3.8 liter, automatic transmissiom. The air bag light is blinking a code. 4 blinks then pause and 2 blinks then long pause and the cycle starts again. I would assume that this is code 42? Does anyone know what that means?
 
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Old 01-02-05, 08:53 PM
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Code 42

Lamp Fault Code 42 - Left hand primary crash sensor feed / return circuit open.
 
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Old 01-03-05, 04:42 AM
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Thanks for the information. Have you ever seen this failure before and is it expensive to fix?
 
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it MUST be diagnosed according to the...

...diagnostics written by the manufacturer. there are specific tests to perform to determine whether it's a wiring, sensor or controller problem. get it checked by a pro... ...airbags are nothing to guess about
 
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Code 42

To answer your question No I have not seen this. From the pinpoint test it could be a open circuit in the wiring harness,open circuit inside the left primary crash sensor,or a short to battery or ignition voltage in any of the circuits. It looks like you will have to take it some where?
 
 

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