Hi Folks ,

I have an 06 F150 5.4 4x4 . Battery died last week during a cold front. I charged it up , let the truck run for about 20 minutes , shut it off, restarted ok . Engaged 4x4 , drove approximately 1/4 mile and brought it back. No gauges work at all , interior lights or radio . Head lamps work , turn signals work , heater fan blows ok.

I noticed the airbag light flash five times then three times .


Any and all ideas welcome and appreciated ! Thanks in advance ,

Mick

 

Just an FYI for anyone who may experience this issue in the future. I removed both battery cables and cleaned same, charged battery with cables off and re installed the cables 8 hours later. Problem solved.

 

Back to square one,, charged battery 24 hours and truck started fine but the gauges , radio and windows back to not working again and 5-3 code flashing from air bag light ,

 

have you tried to replace the battery and the cables? you could have a weak cell that is kiling the battery

 

I have a 2005 F150 XLT and have the same/similar problem. It started about a year ago (haven't been driving it much since). It started after the Ford Dealership did recall work on the airbag clockspring (inside steering wheel). Shortly after that, the entire instrument cluster, power steering, a/c, stereo, power windows would just go out driving down the road for about a minute then come back on. The airbag would flash a 53 code and remain on. Sometimes the check engine would come on too. Sometimes the display would say TEST. It seems to be intermittently so can't say what is causing it. I took back to the dealership, but they couldn't figure it out (wouldn't admit they could have caused it either). Any help would be appreciated. Really hate dealing with the dealership!