A big thank you my man. I wished I had seen this before. After my Airbag light came on I took it to the Ford dealership who claimed they fixed it and charged me over $600. A few months later the light came back on. I was planning to take it back, but divine inspiration led me to your video. I tried what you suggested and the air bag light is no longer on. When I checked NONE of the plastic clips were removed as instructed in the TSB. Yet the Ford dealership claimed they fixed it.
Yup! Solved my problem just now. Took 15 minutes, sprayed with contact cleaner and smeared dielectric grease in female end of plug. Problem solved big thank you for these tips.
Thank you for posting and showing us DIYers the way! Fixed my 2015 Explorer Limited by simply following your instructions. Grateful for people like you who save us money. Subscribed as soon as I walked in the house!
Thank you so so much. Me and my husband detailed a 2016 ford explorer and when we turned the vehicle on to drop it off to the customer the light was on and it wasn't on before because we picked the vehicle up. My husband was already calling shops to get it fixed but I found this video and my husband did what you said and it didn't turn back on as we headed to the customer. Thank you so much
That little trick right there just saved you about $1,000 because what they charge to do the technical service bulletin is installed two connectors that have like 6 to 12 wires a piece and each one of those wires have to be spliced in
Just fixed my 2014 Explorer by doing this. Thanks!!! I have been a subscriber for a year or more and just had the issue. Even just doing the TSB on my own the harnesses would have cost me $200. Great channel, keep up the good work.
Huge thanks today I must have pulled on this connector while pulling this chair forward. I was starting to pull my hair out trying to figure out why this light came on out of no where then seen this video. I immediately went out to my truck unplugged and plugged this harness back in and started the truck and it was gone! Thanks again!
Today, my local Ford Stealership charged me $128.00 evaluation fee and quoted $1100.00 to perform this TSB on my Explorer. After watching your video, I came home and did it for free. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Thank you so much!! I figured it was that connector. My local dealership wanted $1000 to fix it. They told me 5 hours of labor at $100/hrs for labor and $430 for the pigtails.
Very helpful. I also found that slightly bending the male contacts to be tighter against the female ones improved connection. Ford replaced connectors 3 years ago under warranty and now problem just came back they say it will cost me $800 to do again. With your help I was able to take care of it myself.
This worked for me and is easier than it sounds! Find the plug he references, pull it and re-plug it and your airbag light might just go off. If that works consider the value of the additional steps to reduce the liklihood of it happening again. Thanks for sharing the info and TSB!
Fixed the problem with my explorer. took about 15 minutes. I had Corwin Ford in Nampa Idaho look at the issue. They told me, there were no TSB's out on this issue (NOT TRUE obviously), then charged my $146.18 to tell me 2 codes had been registered on the computer (B141B & B141C). They they told me only one of the two part number I needed to fix the issue. On top of all that they told me the wiring harness' referred to in the video were below the center console of the explorer. Turns out I should have watched this video from the beginning and saved myself 146 bucks. This is why dealerships are crooks. They take advantage of vulnerable people who just don't know enough about cars to help themselves. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!
Bro just subscribed you!!! You saved me money thank you for that knowledge I would've never known and paid the dealer 600-1000 because they want extra hours lol when honestly it wasn't a big deal my car now is working perfect no air bag
I had this problem in my 2017 Ford Explorer I scanned with FORScan and got the same code and I follow this instruction although I did not disconnect the cables only thing I did was to loose them up and problem fix. Thanks for the video
Worked like a charm, simply unplugged the plug under the passenger side captain seat, pulled the female end free of its retention pin and plugged it back in. Fixed the issue.
Happy to help, make sure to subscribe and I'll have some more explorer content In the future on top.of what's already in the library I'm sure you'd benefit from on explorers
you saved me 600 dollars. thanks man. I definitely will subscribe especially looking forward to your Explorer videos. I have a 2014 Explorer sport. At least i know the timing chain and water pump was replaced. that would of hurt the o'l pocket book. Anything else I should be looking into. Any turbo replacement videos on these trucks? My other car is a 20 year old BMW and you have to fix those on your own.
I just have to many videos to remember the plastic around the window outside along the windshield breaks and I have a video for that...it's a hot ticket item
Thank you so much and i appreciate your time for responding back.. One last question... what do you mean when you say "turn the key off for 30 minutes"? do you mean to turn the car off for at least 30 mins or take the key out the ignition for at least 30 mins?
Turn the key off like as in turn the vehicle off like you're getting out of it to go in the house and you don't need it on anymore and leave the back door cracked so it's not latched so that way when you go to open the door back up it doesn't wake up any modules it's already open and then undo the connector and plug it back in and then start your vehicle and see if the airbag light goes away
Thank you again for q very clear and detailed vid!!!! Do they still make work shop manuals in paper form? I hqve one for my 05 explorer but id like to get one for my 2020 f150 if possible. Thank you Boss.
You know what I went into our book room and I actually see a 2020 Mustang 2020 Ford Fusion Ranger so I guess they're still making them but from what I hear they're saying they're going to discontinue them but I see three brand-new books here
@@FordBossMe Thank you so much for getting back to me. thats too bad they want to get away from the print out version. I ordered mine from amazon years ago for my explorer, would u know where i could get a wsm for my f150 xlt 2020? I would buy it & pay for the shipping. Thank you.
My light came on, I took it to Ford to diagnose the code and they said $800+ to fix it. Drove home and the next day the light was no longer on. They said to still bring it in for a new pigtail. But could it be that when they diagnosed it, they loosened it enough for the light to go off and stay off? Wondering if it still needs to be "fixed" since the light is now staying off. About to put a car seat back there so want it to be safe. Thanks for any help!
Just checking if I unplug that will that turn that seatbelt off? I have a car seat to install where seat belt goes across seat. And I can't find area to attach latches too. So for the few times I use it I'll just want to turn them off
Ford Boss, I did a Bench to Bucket swap in my wifes 2017 explorer and now i have both B141b/c. the new seats have airbag seatbelts, as did the old ones. i got the seats from a scrap yard in very good condition, is there a Bypass of some sort i can do to get the light off? I have child seats in both bucket's so i dont want the belts to inflate anyway.
Is it true that the airbags will not deploy when the airbag light is illuminated? I have three kiddos in the car so want to get this issue fixed immediately but its not possible at the cost they quoted me.
Thanks Boss!! I fix my Explorer air bag light problem!!! I have another problem too with the alarm, its going off. If any can help me i very apriciate!!! Is not the door ajar....
Do i need to unplug and disconnect my car battery in order for me to loosen the slack on the connections and if i wanted to just unplug and plug it back in to see if that works?
Turn the key off for 30 minutes you don't have to unplug anything on the vehicle and then remove the connector and plug it back in make sure you put a little bit of xg12 in it that's Ford's electrical Grease but you don't necessarily need to grease you can do without it for now but if it comes back put the grease in there I don't typically answer to many questions in the comments anymore because I'm too busy during the day and everybody needs my help And when I put out my videos I typically just leave it at that For emergency reasons I have people email me I don't want to spend all day in the comment section on here anymore
Will this cause a nonop issue with the driver front seat heater? My driver seat heaters don’t work, and I have that code. I followed 501-10A front seats diagnosis and testing and led me to airbag diag. Thanks in advance.
hi sir, last thing, when i try to do this my cabin lights stay on and wont turn off... is that okay? i turn off my car i leave my back doors cracked open put the lights on the inside of my car stay on and dont turn off
Tell me what the code means I don't remember what each description is and I don't go back to the computer to check each one when somebody sends it to me I need the code description
@@FordBossMe I don't have any way of checking the codes. Just wondering if there is something else I could check like a blow fuse before I take it to dealer
The initial connection lost yes but when you reconnect it and everything's back online you bring it all back up to Snuff It's just a brief connection break and the computer needs to see it a number of times but it doesn't compromise the safety of the equipment it's still there you're good you just have to disconnect and reconnect and hopefully you do it exactly like I say in this video play some xg12 or CRC electrical Grease
Question…. I won’t have to replace the wiring harness? I’ll just need to disconnect pull the tabs so the wire moves freely then plug everything back together and that’s it??? Ford just told me it’s $900 to fix B141C on my Explorer 😡😡😡😡
The new one will do the same thing You can unplug and plug it back in and that might work but I would suggest cleaning it out with a little electrical cleaner from CRC and using some Dielectric grease from CRC in the connection just a little bit putting it back together and you're fine couple key Cycles later airbag light typically goes away
@@FordBossMe the TSB says that the harness has to be cut then soldered back together from where the wires we cut. Are you saying I can bypass that and just unplug the harness, cut it, lube it and plug it back together and it should work after that?? Damn TSB and Ford!!! Apparently Jeep and GM are worse than Ford so I’ll count my blessings
@@FordBossMe Do i need to unplug and disconnect my car battery in order for me to loosen the slack on the connections and to just unplug and plug it back in as you stated here above?
what if it was out of warranty but came in because of an outstanding recall with one of the dtcs in memory and air bag light on would u re-wire it or just re-secure the connectors
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A big thank you my man. I wished I had seen this before. After my Airbag light came on I took it to the Ford dealership who claimed they fixed it and charged me over $600. A few months later the light came back on. I was planning to take it back, but divine inspiration led me to your video. I tried what you suggested and the air bag light is no longer on. When I checked NONE of the plastic clips were removed as instructed in the TSB. Yet the Ford dealership claimed they fixed it.
Yup! Solved my problem just now. Took 15 minutes, sprayed with contact cleaner and smeared dielectric grease in female end of plug. Problem solved big thank you for these tips.
Thank you for posting and showing us DIYers the way! Fixed my 2015 Explorer Limited by simply following your instructions. Grateful for people like you who save us money. Subscribed as soon as I walked in the house!
Thank You
Thank you so so much. Me and my husband detailed a 2016 ford explorer and when we turned the vehicle on to drop it off to the customer the light was on and it wasn't on before because we picked the vehicle up. My husband was already calling shops to get it fixed but I found this video and my husband did what you said and it didn't turn back on as we headed to the customer. Thank you so much
You're welcome!
That little trick right there just saved you about $1,000 because what they charge to do the technical service bulletin is installed two connectors that have like 6 to 12 wires a piece and each one of those wires have to be spliced in
Just fixed my 2014 Explorer by doing this. Thanks!!! I have been a subscriber for a year or more and just had the issue. Even just doing the TSB on my own the harnesses would have cost me $200. Great channel, keep up the good work.
Tyvm
Watching the video took longer than actually doing the fix. And the airbag light is finally off! Awesome Video, we thank you.
You are welcome
Huge thanks today I must have pulled on this connector while pulling this chair forward. I was starting to pull my hair out trying to figure out why this light came on out of no where then seen this video. I immediately went out to my truck unplugged and plugged this harness back in and started the truck and it was gone! Thanks again!
Today, my local Ford Stealership charged me $128.00 evaluation fee and quoted $1100.00 to perform this TSB on my Explorer. After watching your video, I came home and did it for free. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
You're very welcome
I was just told the same thing from Ford dealership. I am trying this in hopes my airbag light goes off.
Cleaning the connector and taking the stress off of the wires worked perfectly, thank you.
Thank you so much!! I figured it was that connector. My local dealership wanted $1000 to fix it. They told me 5 hours of labor at $100/hrs for labor and $430 for the pigtails.
Well technically they are following what Ford said
I was about to pay the dealer over $800. I just fixed my airbag light issue in less than 10 minutes. Thank you!!
just bought a 16 explorer sport with 50,000 miles and this code came up,did just what you said,THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome just got one in today and automatically fixed my issue thankyou man
THX MEN, I HAD THE PROBLEM OF MY LIGHT GOING ON AND OFF AND I TOOK CARE OF IT, THANKS FROM MEXICO :)
your very welcome friend
Very helpful. I also found that slightly bending the male contacts to be tighter against the female ones improved connection. Ford replaced connectors 3 years ago under warranty and now problem just came back they say it will cost me $800 to do again. With your help I was able to take care of it myself.
That's right brother
Great video. Thanks this was my exact problem.
This worked for me and is easier than it sounds! Find the plug he references, pull it and re-plug it and your airbag light might just go off. If that works consider the value of the additional steps to reduce the liklihood of it happening again. Thanks for sharing the info and TSB!
Thanks a lot, you just saved me $500 dollars by watching this - and it worked!
That's what I'd do brother
Boom!! Never posted on these. But this video spot on and it works!! 2016 explorer sport. Thanks !
Beautiful I'm glad, stick around and subscribe and if you have any further issues reach out to me
You were right on, fixed my light problem! Thanks
Glad I could help
Thanks, you made it look easy, Ill go give it a try
Fixed the problem with my explorer. took about 15 minutes. I had Corwin Ford in Nampa Idaho look at the issue. They told me, there were no TSB's out on this issue (NOT TRUE obviously), then charged my $146.18 to tell me 2 codes had been registered on the computer (B141B & B141C). They they told me only one of the two part number I needed to fix the issue. On top of all that they told me the wiring harness' referred to in the video were below the center console of the explorer. Turns out I should have watched this video from the beginning and saved myself 146 bucks. This is why dealerships are crooks. They take advantage of vulnerable people who just don't know enough about cars to help themselves. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!
I work for a dealer and the whole premise that we operate on is honesty I cannot speak for others but I wish they were like us
@@FordBossMe I wish they did too. I sincerely appreciate your help!
@@joelwillis8698 anything that you need please reach out to me I'm here
@@FordBossMe Will do! Thank you
Bro just subscribed you!!! You saved me money thank you for that knowledge I would've never known and paid the dealer 600-1000 because they want extra hours lol when honestly it wasn't a big deal my car now is working perfect no air bag
Beautiful
I had this problem in my 2017 Ford Explorer I scanned with FORScan and got the same code and I follow this instruction although I did not disconnect the cables only thing I did was to loose them up and problem fix. Thanks for the video
You are very welcome
Bro I just did that on ny 2016 ford explorer and they are gone lmao it turned off!! Foreal though all I did was loose tension on them and tada!!
Thank you so much!!! You’re a saint!
Worked like a charm, simply unplugged the plug under the passenger side captain seat, pulled the female end free of its retention pin and plugged it back in. Fixed the issue.
Did you put some of the electrical paste inside? Make sure if you don't have any Motorcraft Xg12 you do so
Thank you for your video ❤
Thank you pal
Appreciate it
Great help
Muchas gracias fue de gran ayuda el vídeo...
Thank you so very much for your help
Happy to help, make sure to subscribe and I'll have some more explorer content In the future on top.of what's already in the library I'm sure you'd benefit from on explorers
Thanx you I just did what u did we that sit and fix my problem we the air bag thanx y brother ❤
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Thank you good sir!
you saved me 600 dollars. thanks man. I definitely will subscribe especially looking forward to your Explorer videos. I have a 2014 Explorer sport. At least i know the timing chain and water pump was replaced. that would of hurt the o'l pocket book. Anything else I should be looking into. Any turbo replacement videos on these trucks? My other car is a 20 year old BMW and you have to fix those on your own.
You should watch my wheel bearing video on the removal
I have videos on stalling the radio and programming because they are a major issue also
I just have to many videos to remember
the plastic around the window outside along the windshield breaks and I have a video for that...it's a hot ticket item
Great video! What year was this Explorer? How long does the warranty last for a car with a TSB? I have a 2016 ford Explorer. Thanks!!
Thanks for your help, Just save me a 4 week backlog wait at the dealer and a $200 Diagnosis fee and however much it was going to cost to fix it
You are very welcome
Gosh, never had a car that comes with so many tsb like this 16 ford explorer
Thank you so much and i appreciate your time for responding back.. One last question... what do you mean when you say "turn the key off for 30 minutes"?
do you mean to turn the car off for at least 30 mins or take the key out the ignition for at least 30 mins?
Turn the key off like as in turn the vehicle off like you're getting out of it to go in the house and you don't need it on anymore and leave the back door cracked so it's not latched so that way when you go to open the door back up it doesn't wake up any modules it's already open and then undo the connector and plug it back in and then start your vehicle and see if the airbag light goes away
thanks 💪🏻👍🏻
Thank you again for q very clear and detailed vid!!!! Do they still make work shop manuals in paper form? I hqve one for my 05 explorer but id like to get one for my 2020 f150 if possible. Thank you Boss.
I think as of like 2019 they started getting away from the manual let me look and see if we have updated one for us 20/20 I don't think we do
You know what I went into our book room and I actually see a 2020 Mustang 2020 Ford Fusion Ranger so I guess they're still making them but from what I hear they're saying they're going to discontinue them but I see three brand-new books here
@@FordBossMe Thank you so much for getting back to me. thats too bad they want to get away from the print out version. I ordered mine from amazon years ago for my explorer, would u know where i could get a wsm for my f150 xlt 2020? I would buy it & pay for the shipping. Thank you.
Will try this on my ‘18 explorer, airbag sensor is going on and off, very annoying, thanks!
Very informative video. Just have a question if I need to remove the battery when doing this and unclipping the connectors?
Just turn the key off for 30 min leave the door open slightly
Or you can disconnect the battery either way
@@FordBossMe thank you. This works for me. Followed your instructions and seatbelt light was turned off for more than 2 weeks now. 👍
My light came on, I took it to Ford to diagnose the code and they said $800+ to fix it. Drove home and the next day the light was no longer on. They said to still bring it in for a new pigtail. But could it be that when they diagnosed it, they loosened it enough for the light to go off and stay off? Wondering if it still needs to be "fixed" since the light is now staying off. About to put a car seat back there so want it to be safe. Thanks for any help!
When the diagnostic code shows 2nd row, could it also mean the 3rd row? Or will it have its own unique code?
Just checking if I unplug that will that turn that seatbelt off? I have a car seat to install where seat belt goes across seat. And I can't find area to attach latches too. So for the few times I use it I'll just want to turn them off
I'm not really sure man
Ford Boss, I did a Bench to Bucket swap in my wifes 2017 explorer and now i have both B141b/c. the new seats have airbag seatbelts, as did the old ones. i got the seats from a scrap yard in very good condition, is there a Bypass of some sort i can do to get the light off? I have child seats in both bucket's so i dont want the belts to inflate anyway.
You would have to have some kind of programming done with forscan and I don't know how to do that on yours
@@FordBossMe ok, i didnt know if there was a way i can just hardwire or jump the signal so the dash light goes out.
I’m sorry
With what you clean the plucks?
Is it true that the airbags will not deploy when the airbag light is illuminated? I have three kiddos in the car so want to get this issue fixed immediately but its not possible at the cost they quoted me.
Yes it is true and I would do exactly what I showed you here you can do that you're capable I have faith in you
Thanks Boss!! I fix my Explorer air bag light problem!!! I have another problem too with the alarm, its going off. If any can help me i very apriciate!!! Is not the door ajar....
is it the factory alarm?
Do you have the remote to unlock and lock it are they programmed to the vehicle properly? Has the battery died recently?
Is it a push start or do use a key to start it
If those plugs for the airbags were unplugged at the time of purchase would you recommend plugging them in with the battery disconnected?
Yes
Unless somebody's trying to hide something there should be no issue and in that instance be very careful
Do i need to unplug and disconnect my car battery in order for me to loosen the slack on the connections and if i wanted to just unplug and plug it back in to see if that works?
Turn the key off for 30 minutes you don't have to unplug anything on the vehicle and then remove the connector and plug it back in make sure you put a little bit of xg12 in it that's Ford's electrical Grease but you don't necessarily need to grease you can do without it for now but if it comes back put the grease in there I don't typically answer to many questions in the comments anymore because I'm too busy during the day and everybody needs my help And when I put out my videos I typically just leave it at that
For emergency reasons I have people email me I don't want to spend all day in the comment section on here anymore
Will this cause a nonop issue with the driver front seat heater? My driver seat heaters don’t work, and I have that code. I followed 501-10A front seats diagnosis and testing and led me to airbag diag.
Thanks in advance.
Try and see if it fixes it, I'm not sure about the driver seat heater
Crazy to think the airbag would be looped into seat heater circuit somehow. I guess we can never put anything past engineers these days.
hi sir, last thing, when i try to do this my cabin lights stay on and wont turn off... is that okay?
i turn off my car i leave my back doors cracked open put the lights on the inside of my car stay on and dont turn off
Im not sure I understand
I have a 2015 explorer showing b1418:93. Any idea where do I need to start?
Tell me what the code means I don't remember what each description is and I don't go back to the computer to check each one when somebody sends it to me I need the code description
Is there a way to reset the light? I've fixed the connector but the light stays on. Maybe a fuse?
What were the codes that were stored in the computer
@@FordBossMe I don't have any way of checking the codes. Just wondering if there is something else I could check like a blow fuse before I take it to dealer
Does this affect the functionality of the airbag?
The initial connection lost yes
but when you reconnect it and everything's back online you bring it all back up to Snuff
It's just a brief connection break and the computer needs to see it a number of times but it doesn't compromise the safety of the equipment it's still there you're good you just have to disconnect and reconnect and hopefully you do it exactly like I say in this video play some xg12 or CRC electrical Grease
Question…. I won’t have to replace the wiring harness? I’ll just need to disconnect pull the tabs so the wire moves freely then plug everything back together and that’s it??? Ford just told me it’s $900 to fix B141C on my Explorer 😡😡😡😡
The new one will do the same thing
You can unplug and plug it back in and that might work but I would suggest cleaning it out with a little electrical cleaner from CRC and using some Dielectric grease from CRC in the connection just a little bit putting it back together and you're fine couple key Cycles later airbag light typically goes away
@@FordBossMe the TSB says that the harness has to be cut then soldered back together from where the wires we cut. Are you saying I can bypass that and just unplug the harness, cut it, lube it and plug it back together and it should work after that?? Damn TSB and Ford!!! Apparently Jeep and GM are worse than Ford so I’ll count my blessings
@@FordBossMe Do i need to unplug and disconnect my car battery in order for me to loosen the slack on the connections and to just unplug and plug it back in as you stated here above?
What are these for. I just bought a 2018 explorer and the driver side 2nd row seat had it already unplugged...
These are for the airbags for the rear passengers
@@FordBossMe thanks! Time to question the ford dealership.
what if it was out of warranty but came in because of an outstanding recall with one of the dtcs in memory and air bag light on would u re-wire it or just re-secure the connectors
New one will do the same, clear codes tighten connections and send them on their way charge .5 - 1hr
Thx