Airbag Code help

[jinx8402]

For those who don't want to read my entire post, here are the cliff notes:
I am getting an airbag LFC 37. What does that mean, and does anyone have any idea on how to fix it?


Now on to my story:
Well, it's been a fun few weeks for me with my car. For a while my car was beeping a 5x5 series. eventually I realized that my airbag light was not working. As advice from here, the most common problems that cause the airbag light to go off is the wire under the drivers seat and the clockspring. I checked the wire under my seat and it was fine. I then replaced the clockspring and knew that was part of the problem because for the last few months my cruise control didn't work and now it works again.

After doing that my car was still beeping at me. At first I was going to replace the cluster, but was able to find someone selling a spare cluster for cheap ($20). I picked that up, opened it and found out the lights can pop right out. So I took my cluster out, and to my surprise there was NO LIGHT where the airbag indicator light should be. Whoever had it before me, or the dealer even, decided to remove the light seeing how it was probably blinking at them and they decided not to fix the right way. That royally pissed me off.

Well after installing the new light, I started my car up and the light works. It works so good that now I am getting a LFC 37. Anyone know what this means, and how to fix it?

Thanks!

 

[jolinc01]

I searched the net and found this reply. It's from the Ford Explorer forum, didn't know if it applied to the LS tho

LFC 3-7 is for an improper voltage level in the side airbag on the passenger side of your Explorer. This could be caused by a short to ground or, more likely, a high resistance connection between the Restraints Control Module and the PS side airbag assembly.

Even if your truck doesn't have the optional side airbags, it still has the wiring for them and uses a yellow resistor cap to simulate the side airbag. Same story - probably a poor connection at the RCM or at the resistor cap under the passenger seat.

 

[Quik LS]

http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showpost.php?p=184120&postcount=2

B1997 37 23 Passenger Side Air Bag Circuit Shorted to Ground
B1996 37 23 Passenger Side Air Bag Circuit Shorted to Battery or Ignition
B1998 37 23 Passenger Side Air Bag Circuit Resistance High
B1999 37 23 Passenger Side Air Bag Circuit Resistance Low

 

[jinx8402]

Hey, thanks for the replies. Doing some more searching, I found this:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=4413010&postcount=13

My light is off. The problem was a chaffed wire inside the seat itself.
I am unsure if this is safe and/or correct, but this is how I did it.

Instructions:
1. Move seat all the way forward.
2. DISCONNECT BATTERY.
3. WAIT 10 MINS.
4. Unsnap seat back left and right at bottom edge
5. Slide seat back down about 2" and then out.
6. Unhook white plastic pieces on right near seatbelt.
7. Unsnap the bottom cap.
8. Gently fold back material to reveal the foam and airbag. It is located above center of seat.
9. Trace wire running through metal bracket.

At that point, the grommet was pulled out on my seat, and slightly past there, was the wire was chaffed. Good luck and thank you to all for helping me.

I am going to try doing this to see if I have the same issue. Any other ideas what could be causing this? Just wondering if anyone else had this error code, and it was something other than this workaround for it.