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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 09:02 PM
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Hello! And Good Evening All...

Looking for some input. Noticed a few months back, while out driving - attempted to use Cruise control out on the highway and it didn't activate/turn on.

A few weeks ago - I have noticed that the airbag warning light has begun flashing occasionally; and sometimes will stay lit. It seems to be flashing a 1 5 code. Any suggestions? And or direction to head in?
 
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 06:39 PM
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Clock spring, under the steering wheel. Usually the culprit, but no details on your truck, so hard to say for sure.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 07:42 PM
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Sorry Wind - Its a 1999 F350 CC LB 7.3 PSD 67K miles
 
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 08:50 PM
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I agree with the clock spring diagnosis.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 08:51 PM
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Newbie here! I had a similar problem on an '02 7.3 4x4 I picked up last week. No cruise control, air bag light on and no horn. I replaced the clock spring behind the steering wheel and it fixed the air bag light and horn. The replacement was straight foreward and simple with a Chilton manual. My cruise control is still not functioning though. Next step is replacing the brake relay on the master cylinder. A lot of intelligent minds on FTE point to this as a culprit. Good luck
 
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Old Oct 24, 2012 | 06:26 PM
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Thank you all for the responses. Will look into the clock spring.

Now need to find out why the "miles to empty" stopped working in the message center. MPG/Compass/Temp guage still works though.
 
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Also - Horn is still working. Think it's still the clock spring?
 
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Old Oct 24, 2012 | 06:34 PM
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If I remember correctly there were multiple wires in the clock spring. If it is the clock is spring going bad, you may have only severed the cruise control and air bag wires so far. I doubt it would sever all at once. Just my $.02
 
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Did you ever figure out the problem??
 
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