Air bag malfunction

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mrvids

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I hit the horn the other day (kinda hard) and now the airbag light comes on and the horn doesn't work anymore.
Since the airbag is a safety feature is that covered under warranty?
 
It has over 100K miles, and it's been repaired once for the same issue, a few years and about 50K ago.
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The dealer tells me it's out of warranty. Can I swap out the airbag/horn assembly very easily? Or is that too dangerous to mess with?
 
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mrvids said:
It has over 100K miles, and it's been repaired once for the same issue, a few years and about 50K ago.
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The dealer tells me it's out of warranty. Can I swap out the airbag/horn assembly very easily? Or is that too dangerous to mess with?
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not dangerous. BUT disconnect battery for sure. more than likely I WOULD recommend a scan on the system. Probably damged the clockspring under the airbag and that will need to be replaced.
 
That's what they replaced last time, the clockspring. They had to special order it as it's a small dealership.
 
mrvids said:
If the airbag & the horn do not work does that sound like a clockspring issue?
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because it is right behind the steering wheel airbag and if you hit the steering wheel hard enough you may have cause a permature deploy...I would check the wiring at the connector.

BUT first I would get it scanned to see where the fault is.
 
I would imagine by hitting the airbag on the steering wheel hard enough you bent the connectors that go into the clock spring...
 
What vehicle (Year,Make and model).
I've never seen a clockspring that could be hit/damaged by hitting the airbag.
Everyone I've seen is directly under the steering wheel, NOT directly under the airbag.

See item "D" below which has a steering wheel between the clockspring and airbag.

steering-column-removal-chrysler.png
 
braxx said:
What vehicle (Year,Make and model).
I've never seen a clockspring that could be hit/damaged by hitting the airbag.
Everyone I've seen is directly under the steering wheel, NOT directly under the airbag.

See item "D" below which has a steering wheel between the clockspring and airbag.

steering-column-removal-chrysler.png
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agreed, granted, who knows how the wires were routed the last time it was apart
 
All I get is an "X" instead of the photograph. It's a 2003 Chevy Venture van. Neither the airbag (malfunction light on) & the horn do not work now.
 
braxx said:
What vehicle (Year,Make and model).
I've never seen a clockspring that could be hit/damaged by hitting the airbag.
Everyone I've seen is directly under the steering wheel, NOT directly under the airbag.

See item "D" below which has a steering wheel between the clockspring and airbag.

steering-column-removal-chrysler.png
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i have..air bag didnt deploy and bolt in steering column that hold steering wheel down pushed up into the clock spring wire tabs and broke them right off...
 
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