Changed the steering wheel now the buttons don't work. Help
Hi guys, I just replaced the steering wheel on my VE omega ute with a leather VE one from Feebay and when I turned the ignition on I got the airbag fault warning and none of the stereo controls would work so, I changed it back and I've still got the airbag warning and no stereo controls. For everything not to be working I'm wondering if something further down the column has come unplugged. Does everything go through the clock spring unit as that got rotated a couple of times while I was mucking about getting the connections undone. Sometimes I wish I could just leave things alone but the plastic steering wheel is about the only thing on the car I don't like.
Any help would be appreciated,
Cheers, Stu.
I would never recommend installing something around an airbag, these are very dangerous and if you disconnect and reconnect in the wrong way they can go off. As for the fault, you have not connected everything back together correctly, get a professional to do the job.
If you take it to Holden, it will cost you big time. They are not a fan of DIY installs on steering wheels, also if your car is still under warranty, say bye bye to that.
It is not a hard job to do. But if you make a mistake it will cost you!
Some people lie so much they begin to believe there own bullshit.
had you disconnected the battery before removing the original steering wheel?
If everything is connected where it should be (Airbag plugs are easy to identify - all yellow connections) try disconnecting the battery for 30min and reconnect, then retest.
Sometime cycling the ingnition several times can clear errors.
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Youve broken the clockspring.
Whenever doing this the clockspring mustn't move as it can only go a certain amount of turns each way before it breaks.
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What a crock of shit. There is no way the airbag can go off unless you short the terminals. The plugs can not be connected wrong, they only go one way. Airbags are not dangerous at all if you use a bit of common sense. Disconnecting the battery when working on the steering wheel is a must though.Originally Posted by Shm1ck
The airbag fault has to be reset with a scan tool, disconnecting the battery won't do it. I'm with RiCeY, I reckon the clock spring is either broken or damaged.
Would that be expensive ricey ?
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Not sure on price, ring your local Holden parts. They arent repairable you need to replace the clockspring.
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If you have the original wheel back on and you have warranty ... Plead ignorance. Just take it in and say the errors have come up.
Might get it fixed for free...
(stealers chance it ... Why can't we!)
Steering wheels on new cars cannot be rotated more than a certain amount. That's pretty much full lock anyway. The clockspring can sometimes be attached to things like abs sensors etc.
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Airbags will only be deployed if the igniter in the airbag is triggered by a voltage source. It won't go off if shorted or pulled out of service without disconnecting the battery allthough the airbag computer will detect a fault which will need to be cleared with a Tech2.
That said to prevent airbag faults always pull the battery before removing any of the airbags and reconnect only once the airbags have been refitted.
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The steering wheel is no different to old steering wheels function wise, its only the clockspring that can only turn a certain amount of times each way before it breaks. Clockspring is separate from steering wheel.
Clockspring isnt connected to any ABS sensors, it simply connects the airbag to the harness. Some clocksprings have a built in steering angle sensor as well.
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So there is no way an airbag can go off, but then you say unless you short the terminals.
They are not dangerous??? Let one go off in front off you.
And as I said, take it to Holden
Some people lie so much they begin to believe there own bullshit.
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End of the day they are an explosive. They are considered to be volatile enough that we have to detonate them prior to sending them back via air for warranty claims.
They can and have killed people. You cant be too cautious.
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If you deliberately apply 12v to the airbag terminal then yes, it will go off.
They are not dangerous if handled correctly. A carton of milk is dangerous if handled incorrectly.
They are designed to go off in front of you, if they went off behind you, they wouldn't work as intended then would they?
why would someone want to mishandle a crate of milk........
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simular thing hapend to mine only my esp was constantly off, turned out i broke my clock spring costed me about 400 to fix with a brand new clock spring and labour costs.
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Ive removed my airbag and taped 2 litres of milk in its place. Apparently they are the same thing.
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