Air bag light flashing

Horn swith or clock spring ? Is air bag light lit on the instrument cluster ? You would have to take air bag module off the steering wheel .An to do that you have to deenergize the air bags , pull a fuse an disconnect the negative battery cable . Then you have to pull the steering wheel . Videos on youtube showing to replace clock spring ! Steering Column Airbag Clockspring Repair Ford Superduty 1999 Up

I assume you are counting the air bag light flash, If so light flash 19 is for an drivers side air bag circuit,problem which could be low resistance,circuit open ,short to voltage short to ground. and cannot be cleared or reset until the concern is corrected.ford motor vehicles air bag light will go out when concern is no longer present but will remain in memory, I would start by inspecting wiring under dash going up to steering wheel ,the air bag connector is located just to right of steering column when sitting in the drivers seat after removing the trim panel below the steering column and is a yellow connector, Please use caution when connecting or disconnecting any connectors to air bag system ,battery should be disconnected for min of ten min's prior to attempting any work on air bag curcuits. I have seen many problems in the past with the air bag itself also with the clock spring ,question does the horn,cruise control and steering wheel controls for audio system (IF SO EQuIPPED) work properly? if not there is very possibly a clock spring problem

there is a horn relay to check yet.steering connections don't usually go bad,ultra rare.

I had the same thing a couple of years ago I took it the dealer to fix it was a spring that is in the steering column have to remove tha airbag system to fix. If you try it your self be careful the bag can go off . I'm sure there is a way to disarm it maybe someone can post how to do that
Good luck
Mike

it is a code,does the horn and cruise still work?chances are the clock spring wore out and broke,its behind the steering wheel and about $100.00 part at Ford

check the seat underneath to see if the connector is not corroded

clockspring is behind steering wheel.

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96 escort

If the computer in the air bag diagnostic monitor detects an open in the air bag indicator circuit and if another system fault exists, then the air bag diagnostic monitor will turn on its internal tone generator (beeper). The beep pattern is five sets of five beeps. The pattern is repeated every 30 minutes while the ignition switch is in the ON position. The five beeps do not indicate a code five or any other code. The air bag indicator circuitry must be repaired before the diagnostic trouble code can be read.

it is the clockspring it is nothing to worry about i would get some cat 5 wire coil it up and wire it in there because the clockspring is very expensive part in have replace them using cat 5 wire and never had any problem after

Replace the clockspring in the column.

There is something called a clock spring in the column that is used for the airbag, horn and cruise control buttons. This clock spring if messed with will cause a/bag light to come on and possibly cause a/bag failure if there is a collision. DON"T mess with the wiring in the column. Run new wires in to the horn or install an a/market horn.