so im in the process of puttin subs in my 07 f150. we put in the head unit last nite and the airbag light is now on. i googled it and all i could find was that your supposed to disconnect the battery before you change stereos. and that to fix it just drive around and it will eventually go away if thats what is causing it. got any ideas guys?

 

Easy one! You forgot to plug back in the passenger airbag light in the top of the radio bezel lol. If you plug it back in with the truck on you have to turn it off and restart it and it will be gone.

 

thats what it was. lol. the light didnt go off though. its a code 18 i guess. flashes once, pauses, then flashes 8 more times

 

Try disconnecting the battery, turn on the headlights for 30 seconds and reconnect the battery.

 

nope, didnt work. i took off all the positive connections. turned the key and turned the light switch to on for 30sec to a min. then turned off and hooked everything back up

 

what do you mean in the part in red?

 

When you plug the light harness back in the bezel you have to do it with the truck off for the light to reset. If you do it with the truck running the light will stay on until you restart your truck.

Is the light still on?

 

yea. the truck was off and everything. just the battery wasnt unplugged. my friend might not have put it in right so idk whats up. never did it till we put the stereo in

 

Yeah I would check and make sure its in right. You don't have to undo the battery or anything while your doing it.

 

ok. ill try it next time i get a chance. prolly friday

 

2007 F150 - Lamp Fault Code 18 is for a problem with the Passenger Airbag Disable indicator light. Take a look and I'll bet that it is no longer working.

First - make sure that the everything got plugged back in correctly after the audio work. Second - I'm not familiar with the indicator in the F150 but the Ranger PAD bulb is very sensitive to rough handling. The Ranger bulb is not available separately from Ford but a suitable replacement can sourced from an electronics store and soldered in. Maybe the F150 is similar.

 

its got a long oval lamp in the radio bezel