I've got a 2017 F150 Platinum. Recently, the airbag light started coming on while my wife was driving to work. We took it to the dealer. They hooked up and tested it. I'll paste in their diagnosis below. What concerns me is that they're telling me the part I need has been discontinued by Ford and is not available. Without this part my wife is driving around in a 2017 truck without a functioning airbag system. How can Ford just stop making a critical part like this?

I'm told the part I need is : HL3z63632a22a

I can't find it anywhere online and am at a loss.

Diagnosis from the dealer.

INSPECTED VEHICLE, VERIFIED CONCERN. CONNECTED TO IDS, SCANNED ALL
MODULE FOR FAULT CODES RELATED TO THE CONCERN, FOUND RCM- BOOAO -
OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SENSOR - COMPONENT FAILURE, ALSO FOUND OCSM -
BOOCO - OCS SENSOR FLUID FAULT. FOUND NO DAMAGE TO THE OCS SENSOR OR
WIRING. SUSPECT INTERNAL ELECTRICAL FAULT. RECOMMEND REPLACING THE OCS
SENSOR (SEAT CUSHION ASSEMBLY) AND RE-TEST OPERATION. ESTIMATE
REPLACE- 2856.00 PLUS TAX. PART HAS NO ETA AT THIS TIME

 

If your warranty covers only 60k miles or 5 years and you are out of that then check and see if there is any recall and check TSB (technical service bulletins) as well.