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[blue93]

My '94 airbag light is blinking once then twice.  "1-2" = "12" = "Low battery voltage."  So the battery cables looked like they might need some love and I replaced them.  Still, the light blinks.

I don't do much electrical trouble-shooting, since I am red-green colorblind.  So I decided to let the local Mercury dealer take a look at it (while he is still a Mercury Dealer). I had to loan them MY shop manual and give them $85! Anybody got any other ideas?

[Gostlrs]

i only see 10 codes on the manual at tech capri

[blue93]

If you go here, you will see more than that:

www.airbagsolutions.com/docs/codes/f/a.pdf

They are all based on 2 series of pulses of the light.  For example, when it blinks 5 times in succession, then stops, then comes back with a single pulse, that would be a "51"

[Rocketman]

Have you checked the fuses? Not trying to be an ass but code 12 sounds like its lost ALL power

[Gostlrs]

I would use the capri specific codes, not the general ford ones, the manual only shows 10 codes....its early production but only in 94 did anything change on them

[blue93]

I will re-check the fuses, Matt.  

Gos, on those codes, the Ford codes is how we traced the airbag light problem on my '93 a few years ago, so I know they are accurate in determining a problem.  In that case, it was a "51," which more specific than the description on the "12." There is a complete list in a pdf on the Yahoo Group site under files and they do cite the Capri in the text.

Someone else just sent me a supplemental from a Ford Technical Service publication that deals specifically with Code 12, so I'm going to try the diagnostics suggested there.

[ace586]

Thank you for posting that code list. That light was driving me crazy at night.