Warning Light On Problems of Ford Contour

While driving and without prior warning the airbag warning light illuminated on the dashboard. The dealer is aware of the problem.

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99 v 243 000/air bag sensor assembly: air bag light remains on while driving. Dealer contacted. Nothing has changed since consumer first reported the problem to NHTSA and the Ford company. The warning light is still blinking. Consumer refuses to pay for repairs because the Ford company knows it is a problem.

Air bag light remains on while driving. Dealer contacted. Consumer states the warning light was still blinking on and off.

While traveling at about 65 mph in pouring rain, the airbag warning light started to flash a code 5 and 2. Next morning light was off. Consumer took vehicle to dealer, and they could not duplicate problem. Consumer felt like airbag system was disabled, and may not deploy in an accident. Dealer replaced front airbags under recall 99 v 243 000.

Vehicle will be serviced for the 4th time in 10 months for the air bag system. The air bag warning light continues to flash. Please provide any further details.

I need to find out information regarding NHTSA campaign 99v243000 on the airbag sensors. The website states that "vehicles that have the airbag warning light illuminated will have a new air bag diagnostic monitor installed" currently, the dealer refuses to install this monitor as part of the recall saying that their info does not cover it. They want us to replace it at an approximate cost of 200 dollars plus labor. I would like to have some sort of documentation sent to me to find out if the info on the website is correct. If it is correct, I would like to be able to provide the dealer with some sort of documentation, recall number, etc. Any help you could give me in resolving this would be appreciated.

The air bag warning light continues to blink on and off. Dealer is not able to duplicate the problem. Owner has to pump fuel into tank very slowly. The dealer is aware of this problem because of service bulletin. Problem has not been corrected.

First I would like to know if recall summary 99v243000 and 99s23 are they the same recall? the air bag warning light has been flashing on and off for sometime now. When it first started we took it to m & m Ford and the service person said it was the sensor and it would cost around $95. 00 to fix. We told him there was a recall on the senors but he said we had too many miles on the vehicle. We did not have the sensor replaced until now which is why I'm writing you. When they replaced the sensor it states in the repair order that since we had it last check it shorted out the crash sensor mointor. This was new news to us so we didn't have it ordered. We checked your web site that night and found recall 99v243000. In your recall summary it states vehicles which have the air bag warning light illuminated will have a new air bag diagnostic monitor installed. Now the Ford company says we had the recall done in October of 1999 under recall 99s23. Under that recall it says nothing about the monitor problem. When this alleged repair was done there was no problem with the warning light to the air bag. This repair they say was done in davenport IA. When we had the car brake down because of the bad water pump. I feel this is a new problem with the Ford Contour and the dealership should honor your recall.

The airbag warning light has come on and will not cut off which in the event of deployment would cause a crash. Dealer has not seen vehicle.

Recall # 99v243000 interior systems: passive restraint: air bag: air bag warning light continues to flash even though vehicle was serviced under recall campaign. Please provide any further information.