97 Explorer Sport Air Bag Light ON

Question:

anyone  know where the sensors are???

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My air bag light is on, took it to the Ford dealer ran a diaginostic test > and they recommended to replace the RH and LH sensor, cost $650 CDN.  Does > anyone know where are these sensors located and could I fix them myself? > Don’t like to pay the dealer for something like this. > 1997 Explorer Sport > Thanks.

Response:

Personally, I’d get a little tense over that diagnosis…. the only times I have ever had to replace crash sensors is (quite naturally) after a crash. The usual culprit is the clock spring on these old girls…. my guess may be wrong so I would opt for a second opinion – especially with the price you’ve been quoted. Bear in mind that the SRS system packs a mighty wallop if we relax our attention even briefly. Add that there is often a small piece of lore or knowledge or experience that a tech might overlook when describing these kinds of repairs. When repairing an SRS system, I always substitute test ‘dummies’ for the airbags to provve out the system….. just in case the replacement piece(s) ’shouldn’t’ have made it through quality control. The "BANG" of a seatbelt pretensioner I can take (maybe with only a slight change to my laundry shcedule) since my facce (and wallet) aren’t in their trajectory while making connections. Jim Warman

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> anyone  know where the sensors are??? > My air bag light is on, took it to the Ford dealer ran a diaginostic test > and they recommended to replace the RH and LH sensor, cost $650 CDN. Does > anyone know where are these sensors located and could I fix them myself? > Don’t like to pay the dealer for something like this. > 1997 Explorer Sport > Thanks.

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