Troubleshooting clock spring
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Troubleshooting clock spring
Is there a method to troubleshoot a clock spring?
I broke mine the last time I replaced my steering box. After installing the new clock spring, the air bag light continues to stay on, but my cruise now works.
I'm thinking I got a defective clock spring, but would like to troubleshoot it if possible.
I broke mine the last time I replaced my steering box. After installing the new clock spring, the air bag light continues to stay on, but my cruise now works.
I'm thinking I got a defective clock spring, but would like to troubleshoot it if possible.
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If something goes wrong with the airbag system such as the clockspring it sets a permanent code.
You need a scanner to erase it even after it's fixed.
You need a scanner to erase it even after it's fixed.
Here's more details of my issue:
I'm on my 3rd clockspring. Long story short, I broke them while swapping through steering boxes. When I broke the 1st clockspring, the air bag light came on and the CC would not work. I replaced that clockspring and everything was great - the air bag light went away and I regained CC. Again, after breaking this clockspring, same symptoms, no CC and air bag light came on. So, when I replaced the 2nd clockspring with the current clockspring, I expected the same results - It would fix CC and turn off the air bag light. It did fix the CC, but the air bag light remains on.
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When I put my new one in the air bag light went off and the sruise started working without the use of any scan tool to delete codes.
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Does your cruise, radio controls, horn still work? I broke mine replacing the steering gearbox as well. Napa sells a clockspring for years up to 2001, not 2002, I had to buy mine from Dodge and was more pricey. It fixed the problem and everything works again. All my steering wheel electronics (radio/cruise) ran thru the clock spring, go figure
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