How do you correct the airbag light blinking 10-blink intervals for your 1991 Ford Taurus?
10 blinks means code 10. See the web site below
www.shotimes.com/SHO3airbagcodes.html
Air Bag Diagnostic Codes
1989-1991 On the '89-91 systems, you simply count the flashes
from the Airbag lamp to get the fault code.
Code Component Fault/Description
2 All Primary Crash Sensors Disconnected.
3 Air Bag Deployment Circuit - Low Battery Voltage or Low Backup
Power Supply Voltage
4 Safing Sensor - Diagnostic Circuit Open or Low Primary Crash
Sensor Resistance
5 Air Bag Circuit or Crash Sensor Circuit - Shorted to
Ground
6 Driver-Side Air Bag Circuit - Open or High Resistance
7 Passenger-Side Air Bag Circuit - Open or High Resistance
8 Primary Crash Sensor - Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly
9 Primary Crash Sensor Circuit - Open or High Resistance
10 Diagnostic Monitor Internal Thermal Fuse - Open Due to
Intermittent Short to Ground
1992- In the 1992 model year the systems changed. 1992 System 2
was used in the Taurus/Sable, Town Car (built after 11/5/91), and
Continental. To obtain the code on this system, count two sets of
flashes and interpret it as a 2-digit code (e.g., flash-flash pause
flash-flash-flash = 23)
Code Component Fault/Description 12 Low Battery Voltage 13 Air
Bag Circuit - Shorted to Ground 14 Primary Crash Sensor - Shorted
to Ground 21 Safing Sensor - Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly 22
Safing Sensor Output Circuit - Shorted to Battery Voltage 23 Safing
Sensor Input Feed/Return Circuit - Open 24 Safing Sensor Output
Feed/Return Circuit - Open 32 Driver-Side Air Bag Circuit - High
Resistance or Open 33 Passenger-Side Air Bag Circuit - High
Resistance or Open 34 Driver-Side Air Bag Circuit - Low Resistance
or Shorted 35 Passenger-Side Air Bag Circuit - Low Resistance or
Shorted 41 Primary Crash Sensor #1 Feed/Return Circuit - Open 42
Primary Crash Sensor #2 Feed/Return Circuit - Open 44 Primary Crash
Sensor #1 - Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly 45 Primary Crash Sensor
#2 - Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly 51 Diagnostic Monitor Internal
Thermal Fuse - Open Due to Intermittent Short to Ground 52 Backup
Power Supply - Voltage Boost Fault 53 Primary Crash Sensor Circuits
- Resistance to Ground, or Internal Diagnostic Monitor Fault Rapid
Continuous Flashing of AIR BAG Readiness Lamp - All Primary Crash
Sensors Disconnected
If you plan to work on your airbag system, exercise extreme
caution. Personal injury may result if you accidently deploy an air
bag. The airbag system is live all of the time - it is not switched
on and off by the key. There are also backup power supplies. The
1989 - 91 system will discharge in about 20 minutes after the
battery is disconnected. The service manual says that it must be
disconnected to safely work on the vehicle. The 1992+ system will
discharge in about one minute after disconnecting the battery.
Never attach a self-powered test light to any part of an airbag
system. If you want to work on the system, acquire and review a
manual that covers servicing of the system. Examples are the Air
Bag System Diagnosis training manual from Ford, as well as the shop
manuals from Helm.