Five problems related to air bag light on have been reported for the 2003 Ford Ranger. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Ford Ranger based on all problems reported for the 2003 Ranger.
Air bag light keeps coming on and the dealership says that it is a defect with the airbag. I do not want to pay for the price of replacing it ~ if it is the companies fault that made the airbag.
Tacata recall airbag light is flashing the stays on . Not sure what is causing it but it could be serious if the bags do not work when needed . It came on about 1 month ago. Starts as soon as you start truck . Other light that just started flashing today over drive light started flashing but has now stopped . This is a 03 Ford Ranger f4.
The contact owns a 2003 Ford Ranger. The contact stated that his air bags were not functioning correctly because the air bag light constantly remained illuminated. The failure was noticed while driving 30 mph. He has scheduled an appointment with the dealer for April 14, 2008 to have the vehicle diagnosed. The purchase date was unknown. The current and failure mileages were approximately 48,000.
The air bag light continuously illuminated on the dashboard. As a result, air bags were inoperative, and wouldn't deploy when needed. Dealership inspected and fixed the air bags three times. However, the problem recurred twice.
While driving air bag light illuminated and stayed on the remainder of the time that vehicle was being operated. The dealership tried to repair vehicle twice, but same problem recurred.