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Airbag light on after change of steering wheel
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Airbag light on after change of steering wheel
So recived my lovely new steering wheel from royal steering wheels but now the Airbag light is on after I changed it
Now the weird thing is it did not come straight on it only seems to of come on now I have put a new battery in
Any help would be great
Jay
Now the weird thing is it did not come straight on it only seems to of come on now I have put a new battery in
Any help would be great
Jay
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Airbag light on after change of steering wheel
Think I have read about this before. Try disconnecting the battery again.
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Airbag light on after change of steering wheel
Pop it into Autobase in Chipping Sodbury and he'll clear it for you for about £20.
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Disconnecting the battery won't reset the airbag light it either needs as Number5 says to go into a specialist, or buy a cable & software and DIY
It's likely the steering wheel but equally could be co-incidental. Battery change won't be the cause
It's likely the steering wheel but equally could be co-incidental. Battery change won't be the cause
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Awesome
It’s in for mot Thursday so hopefully a case of just removing it
It’s in for mot Thursday so hopefully a case of just removing it
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Don't forget to reset before the MOT, or it's a fail
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They are doing it
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So ask to reset it first
If not the mot guy has to fail it, Someone resets the light retested and passes. Your history forever then has an airbag light fail
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Airbag light on after change of steering wheel
Hi Jay
I have this same issue, I have the fault diagnosed as " Airbag comms fail channel 1/2 " when I was changing the wheel for some reason the slip ring rotated around through about 30-45 degrees. This meant the pegs wouldn't locate on the steering wheel without correcting this. I duly rotated the slip ring back around, only to feel a slight resistance and a snapping sound. Thinking no more of it I refitted everything and tbh I wasn't unduly surprised when the light was on after refitting.
Not sure if this what's happened with you, but just offering that as a suggestion.
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Have a look here to
https://www.z4- forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=86050
https://www.z4- forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=86050
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^^^ That's good advicecj10jeeper wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 11:53 pmSo ask to reset it first
If not the mot guy has to fail it, Someone resets the light retested and passes. Your history forever then has an airbag light fail
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Airbag light will not go off just for fixing the issue. It needs to be plugged in. Forgive the wording but you'll be pissing in the wind just tampering with bits and not knowing what.
I had one on for ages that randomly popped up and it was related to a rear pillar... a pillar that doesn't exist on a convertible nor have an airbag located anywhere around that point.
But they do not go off on their own.
I had one on for ages that randomly popped up and it was related to a rear pillar... a pillar that doesn't exist on a convertible nor have an airbag located anywhere around that point.
But they do not go off on their own.
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ScoobyR1 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:40 amHi Jay
I have this same issue, I have the fault diagnosed as " Airbag comms fail channel 1/2 " when I was changing the wheel for some reason the slip ring rotated around through about 30-45 degrees. This meant the pegs wouldn't locate on the steering wheel without correcting this. I duly rotated the slip ring back around, only to feel a slight resistance and a snapping sound. Thinking no more of it I refitted everything and tbh I wasn't unduly surprised when the light was on after refitting.
Not sure if this what's happened with you, but just offering that as a suggestion.
Ah right very useful to know I dident touch anything and 100 % sure nothing moved the light also dident come stright on it seemed to of come on as soon as the others went out strange
AnywAy will get it scanned see what the fault is hopefully it something simple
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Airbag light on after change of steering wheel
So cars back from mot all passed but the airbag light turns out not to be anything todo with the steering the fault has come up the a incorrect sensor in passenger door airbag strange as I haven’t touch any of that
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Airbag light on after change of steering wheel
check wiring in door harness as i know cj10jeeper replaced his once
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