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This gets curiouser and couriouser. I went out to put a 10 amp fuse into slot 4 of the driver's side fascia fuse box, since it was empty and the TSB indicated this might be the cause of the flashing 16 issue. I went to slide the fuse in the slot and it just flopped around. I took a look in the box and it appears there is not slot into which to push the fuse. (see attached photos). Any ideas? By the way, fuse 4 is the one directly under the 30 amp fuse on the right had side of the box.
Not uncommon if the car doesn't use that slot. So, if there's no metal connector then it was never used.
Then I guess the info in TSB 501-55 on page 4 that the Possible Cause of the flashing code 16 is "Driver's Side fuse box, fuse 14 (10 amp), blown or missing, pre 2003 MY cars only" is just a suggestion. But if that fuse position isn't used then what fuse controls the air bag? I've gone through all the fuse boxes and no other one indicates there is a fuse that relates to the air bag.
Well I guess it's off to the shop again to see if this whole airbag thing needs to be reprogrammed. Those "occupant sensors" in the roof console are held in by screws and the screws are in place and tight so the sensors have to be pointed in the correct place. The only thing I can think of is it has something to do with not disconnecting the battery when I took that console down and that in some way has confused the airbag sensor, computer, transducer or the flux capacitor so that the airbag light blinks its message.
Speaking of the roof console, did Jaguar find a place to purchase the cheapest, most brittle plastic? The roof console is held up there by a sort of plastic "L" bracket at the rear of the console, which is broken, and 2 metal clips that go into a pair of rectangular holes in, you guessed it, a plastic bracket that is held into the windshield surround with metal bolts. So when it kept falling down, causing the car to go into limp mode, I got home holding it up in place and then looked to find one of the rectangular holes in the plastic bracket broken. Who would have guessed that pushing a metal spring clip into a plastic holder would cause the plastic to crack. But that's not the best part. I figured I could take the bracket off and use the old super glue to fix the crack. So I unbolted the 2 bolts to take it down and as soon as I had one of the bolts out the plastic around it basically crumbled. So now I have to create another top for the bracket so it can be bolted back in place and hope the super glue holds the hole into which the clip goes. It just seems that every time I attempt to remove another plastic piece on this car it crumbles. The same thing happened when I took off the center console and the surround around the radio/A/C/switch controls. And these parts aren't even exposed to the UV rays of old Mr. Sun. They're inside the car.
Oh well, I'm getting used to this now so it's just back to the shop, again.
Looks good Motorcarman. I used some plastic I had laying around and reinforced the sides where the bolts go and where the clips push in. I may take it apart and make one like yours when I get some time.
Now everyone's gonna love this. I put everything back and got in the car to go pick up the grandson from school and lo and behold the air bag light is not flashing any more!!!! Got to love these cars.
And Jon, you're absolutely right. If you look at this stuff crooked it falls apart.
Now I'm down to getting the cruise control to work.
