Air Bag Light On problems of the 2001 Ford Ranger

The passenger seat belt doesn't latch and the airbag light illuminates sporadically. Occasionally for the entire trip and sometimes it goes on and off throughout the trip, yet other times it functions properly!.

To begin when I got the truck the air bag light would never go off when ever I turned them on and off. Which made me wonder weather they were ever really off and considering you can't fit a car seat in the back seat I had to put it in the front seat. Then when my wife was driving the spare tire fell off the truck while she was going down the road. Here recently she was driving and some one stopped her to tell her that something fell off the truck about 2 foot long. She called me and said the truck was still running so I told her to just try and make it home and I would look at it because I didn't think it was that serious. Once I started looking at it, a canister had come loose from the truck because the frame broke in half where the canister was connected to the truck because the truck was so rotted. She got the truck inspected in October. I feel that the dude that inspected it should have noticed the frame almost broke in half. I am very disappointed with this truck I have done nothing but put money into it.

Constant passenger airbag issues since purchase. Airbag lights are on and dealer will not correct issue. Concerned due to recent issues with airbags on previous Ford Rangers.

Air bag light flashes on and off. Indicating it is deactivated according to town Ford dealer in redwood city CA. Vehicle only has 39,000 miles on it. Vehicle is 2001 Ford Ranger XLT 4 x 4. 5 years or 50 mile warranty which I do not fall under because I do not drive much, and regardless of my low mileage the dealership will not honor this defect. This is the second major defect I have found on this vehicle. There was an recall on the egr sensor, which appeared at around 36,000 miles. Because I drive rarely it didn't occur until it's 7 year and again I was penalized for "going green", and had to pay for this full repair. Can you please assist me to find out if this airbag is an actual defect. I have seen other discussion groups mention the Ford Ranger having the flashing air bag light at early mileage.

I was driving in the off road area of oceano dunes and went off a sand dune head first about 15 feet. The entire front end is smashed, I hit the steering wheel so hard it is bent. Neither the air bag nor the seat belt worked. I had taken the truck in for repair five different times because the air bag light would stay on for long periods of time. They said they had repaired it the last time but obviously they hadn't. I have called repeatedly since the accident, they keep promising to return my call but I get no response from them. First they wouldn't believe there was anything wrong and now they refuse to accept responsibility for the failure of their safety equipment to work. I wonder if any one is interested in a class action suit.

Air bag light will come on and stay on intermittently for about 20-30 mintues before going out. Contacted dealer, and the dealer cannot find cause of preoblem.