16-06-2014, 06:50 PM
Hello!
I'm new here, having recently acquired an R reg 1.4 306 in need of a few jobs. I thought they were all fairly straight forward but I am coming to you all with my first conundrum....
As per the subject title, My airbag light has started flashing. The thing is, it started doing it on completing a power steering rack replacement :-s. I have read about pre tensioner wiring and can see no issues there. I wonder two things...
Is it possible I have damaged the connection (a coiled ribbon connector I believe?) to the airbag that allows the steering wheel to spin, possibly while disconnecting the column from the rack if the column moved upward at all?
OR according to the Haynes manual the airbag module has a battery for remembering it's coding to the car or something, when the main battery is disconnected(?) I had the battery disconnected for a while as I was also sorting out the starter motor wiring. Is it possible the airbag backup power in a 17ish year old 306 is dead, and so now the car doesn't recognise the airbag?
Any thoughts and suggestions would be much appreciated!
Cheers,
Steve
I'm new here, having recently acquired an R reg 1.4 306 in need of a few jobs. I thought they were all fairly straight forward but I am coming to you all with my first conundrum....
As per the subject title, My airbag light has started flashing. The thing is, it started doing it on completing a power steering rack replacement :-s. I have read about pre tensioner wiring and can see no issues there. I wonder two things...
Is it possible I have damaged the connection (a coiled ribbon connector I believe?) to the airbag that allows the steering wheel to spin, possibly while disconnecting the column from the rack if the column moved upward at all?
OR according to the Haynes manual the airbag module has a battery for remembering it's coding to the car or something, when the main battery is disconnected(?) I had the battery disconnected for a while as I was also sorting out the starter motor wiring. Is it possible the airbag backup power in a 17ish year old 306 is dead, and so now the car doesn't recognise the airbag?
Any thoughts and suggestions would be much appreciated!
Cheers,
Steve
