Northants Ford Fan

Hi guys, I changed the steering wheel on my girlfreinds KA yesterday and used the old airbag but now the airbag light has come on, the only bit that was actually changed on the airbag side of it was the wiring on the steering wheel, any ideas why and how is the best way of getting it to go off without taking the bulb out ?

Dangerous Malcolm..

Did you disconnect the battery before you changed it? I'd think you'd need to go to a garage and have it reset.

Northants Ford Fan

no I didnt disconnect the battery, as ive never had this happen when ive changed airbag steering wheels before on other fords and not disconnected the battery.

ghigo

u should always disconnect the battery when changing airbags and leave it for about 30 min, as said need to get it reset,

999

pop into a garage they should only charge ya a £20 in there pocket

Northants Ford Fan

would the light need resetting if I had disconnected the battery first ?

Dangerous Malcolm..

No!

ghigo

prob not , how olds the ka ? the airbag control module prob noticed an open circuit as you disconnected it then logged a fault, should be ok once reset
hope this helps

Northants Ford Fan

its on a y plate, never had this happen before with fords mind you they have been slightly older eg a R plate fez

Northants Ford Fan

Sorted this sunday by changing the clocking spring for the original one so im out of the girlfriends bad books for possibly breaking her car

blacky.

you dont need to have the battry disconected on cars now
its only the first air bags that had there own control unit that were a pain
if the ignition is off then you wont have any issuses

sounds like you let the rotory switch turn when the wheel was off causing it to snap the wire on full lock

glad you sorted it