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Jim
Grant has been working in the automotive industry for over twenty
years. In addition, Jim is an ASE Master Technician with advanced
L/1 certification. He works as manager and technician in his
family's automotive business in New Hampshire. He writes weekly
automotive consumer columns and is editor of an automotive newsletter
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Jim Grant's Tech Tips
‘04 Ford F-150, Salvaged with Air Bags
Q:
I purchased a ‘04 Ford Heritage F150 w/salvage tile (no warranty). I replaced both airbags and both belt pretensioners but still have a blink code flashing 19. Ford wants $85 to tell me what this means. Any help would be much appreciated.
- Reggie Nikirk
A:
The lamp fault code (LFC) #19 is for restraint control module (RCM) that has a full memory of crash data. The only fix for a RCM that has maxed out memory is to replace it with one that has room. There’s no disk clean-up or defragging of the RCM, it just gets recycled. Replace the RCM and you should have your air bag system back on line.
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