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Ford Falcon OBD port location

Three generations, 2002–2014. Pick yours.

2008–2014

FG

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Location

Right-hand drive only. Every FG was built at Broadmeadows for Australia and New Zealand, so there is no left-hand-drive position to worry about. The 16-pin socket sits on the driver's side under the lower dashboard, below the steering column, screwed to the lower trim and facing down, close enough to reach without getting out of the seat. There is no flap over it: run your hand along the underside of the lower dash either side of the column and it is the only 16-pin connector down there. Do not confuse it with the pull-off panel on the outboard end of the dash that faces you when the driver's door is open — that is the interior fuse panel, and it matters for a different reason: fuse 27 (10 A, red) inside it feeds the diagnostic connector along with the heater module and the alarm, so a socket that gives your tool no power on an otherwise healthy car is nearly always that fuse. Same position across FG sedan, ute and wagon and on every trim from XT through XR6 Turbo, G6E Turbo and the FPV cars.

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2005–2008

BF

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Location

Right-hand drive only — the BF was built at Broadmeadows for Australia and New Zealand and was never made in left-hand drive, so there is one position to learn. The 16-pin socket clips into the cabin fuse-panel housing in the driver's footwell, immediately outboard of the steering column at knee height, roughly an inch from the column and above the driver's right foot; the fuse panel and the bonnet-release lever alongside it are the landmarks. Same position on every BF body style — sedan, wagon, ute and cab-chassis — and on every trim from base XT through Futura, SR, Fairmont, Fairmont Ghia, XR6, XR6 Turbo, XR8 and the FPV cars.

How to access

The socket sits at the lower edge of the cabin fuse panel and can normally be reached from below with the trim in place. If it is tucked up behind the panel on the car in front of you, the fuse cover comes off by hand: pull the top edge towards you to release the upper clips, swing the cover down, then unhook the two clips along the bottom. No tools needed, and the 16-pin connector is visible as soon as the cover is clear.

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OBD port location in a Ford Falcon BA

BA 2002–2005

Right-hand drive only — the BA was built in Broadmeadows for Australia and New Zealand and never sold in left-hand drive, so there is one position to learn. Driver's side, low on the dash directly beneath the steering wheel and slightly outboard of the column: the white 16-pin socket is clipped into the same carrier that holds the cabin fuse panel, and it faces downwards, so you reach up under the lower edge of the dash rather than looking straight in at it. Same spot on every BA body and trim — XT, Futura, Fairmont, Fairmont Ghia, XR6, XR6 Turbo, XR8, GT, the Ute and cab-chassis range, and the BA Fairlane and LTD — and unchanged by the MkII update. Don't get caught out by the plugs tucked further inboard near the centre console: those are the factory hands-free and auxiliary audio sockets, not the diagnostic connector.

Questions

Ford Falcon OBD questions

FG (2008–2014): Right-hand drive only. BF (2005–2008): Right-hand drive only — the BF was built at Broadmeadows for Australia and New Zealand and was never made in left-hand drive, so there is one position to learn. BA (2002–2005): Right-hand drive only — the BA was built in Broadmeadows for Australia and New Zealand and never sold in left-hand drive, so there is one position to learn.

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