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[gazjeep]

Air bag light coming on most of the time now, occasionally goes out on the TJ.

No other gauges are effected.

Am I right in thinking its a case of having the dash clocks out & clean all contacts etc ?

[ivanidea]

Or it is the clock spring (steering wheel part) on it's way out.


I've heard it can be replaced with an XJ one, although I've not confirmed it.  Suspect I may have to replace mine sooner rather than later as well.

[gazjeep]

Rockauto price not too bad

http://www.rockauto.co.uk/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=4672854&cc=1316023

[Mike2909]

I had the same happening with the air bag light, but I was told if it's the clock spring the horn also stops working. Mine did stop working and airbag light stayed on. Replacement clock spring fixed it

[gazjeep]

Ah yes I forgot the horn trick, time to test that option first ..... well remembered mate.

[Jonny Jeep]

The horn is on a separate circuit within the clockspring. Horn or airbag circuit can fail and still leave the other circuit working. If the airbag light is on I'd say there's a greater than 99% chance the clockspring is bad.

[Dave69]

just remember to disconnect the battery before removing the connection to the air bag. static discharge WILL set off an air bag

[gazjeep]

Yes Kev, remember to disconnect the battery 

[georgen]

Yes Kev, remember to disconnect the battery 

This story sounds interesting, Share please 

[Jonny Jeep]

Disconnect battery and wait two minutes before proceeding is the official line.

[Dave69]

Used to leave it longer than 2 minutes to allow for full disharge. Maybe things have changed slightly over the years

[gazjeep]

Yes Kev, remember to disconnect the battery 

This story sounds interesting, Share please 

Nah, no incident to tell of, just that basically Kev would be buggering about with it not me