The Airbag Clock Spring Thread
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I posted on here a month or so ago about the airbag warning light which had started displaying on my 6.0L Monaro. After a bit of investigation a few people took an interest on progress and wanted to know the outcome, hence this thread 
This is what the clock spring looks like
In layman's terms (because I am one and this is my understanding of it
) the clock spring connects the airbag, steering wheel controls and horn to the car. When the auto electrician looked at the airbag light he asked me if the steering controls worked. They did, but did all kinds of weird stuff. As time went on they stopped working all together along with the horn, so any issues with that lot could be down to the clock spring. It'd be a good place to start anyhoo.
Once the fault was diagnosed I sourced the part through Monkfish but when my auto electrician tried to fit it I had the wrong part. You can see the connections don't match.
This wasn't Monkfishs fault as their supplier had sent it, but they were incredibly helpful in getting the right part. The new correct part arrived but was the same as the old one, so they went to GM until they sourced the right bit that's in the first photo. It turns out the wrong part was the clock spring off a VXR8. Because of all this they now have a healthy supply of airbag clock springs if you want one yourself
The Monaro ones are around £100, and the VXR8 ones around £230 if I remember correctly.
The part took about an hour to fit along with new steering wheel controls (one of my buttons had broken so this was a good time to sort it) but it didn't look desperately complicated, but remember you are messing with the airbag here. You will need Tech2 though to reset the airbag warning light as it's a latching switch which is where an auto electrician might come in handy. If you tell Tech2 it's a Vauxhall Monaro you'll get nothing, but say it's a Holden or HSV and it finds and resets the error without any problems.
I'd finally like to say a huge thanks to Andy from Monkfish who sorted all this after going back and forth several times trying to get the right part. It's hugely appreciated!!
This is what the clock spring looks like
In layman's terms (because I am one and this is my understanding of it
) the clock spring connects the airbag, steering wheel controls and horn to the car. When the auto electrician looked at the airbag light he asked me if the steering controls worked. They did, but did all kinds of weird stuff. As time went on they stopped working all together along with the horn, so any issues with that lot could be down to the clock spring. It'd be a good place to start anyhoo.Once the fault was diagnosed I sourced the part through Monkfish but when my auto electrician tried to fit it I had the wrong part. You can see the connections don't match.
This wasn't Monkfishs fault as their supplier had sent it, but they were incredibly helpful in getting the right part. The new correct part arrived but was the same as the old one, so they went to GM until they sourced the right bit that's in the first photo. It turns out the wrong part was the clock spring off a VXR8. Because of all this they now have a healthy supply of airbag clock springs if you want one yourself
The Monaro ones are around £100, and the VXR8 ones around £230 if I remember correctly.The part took about an hour to fit along with new steering wheel controls (one of my buttons had broken so this was a good time to sort it) but it didn't look desperately complicated, but remember you are messing with the airbag here. You will need Tech2 though to reset the airbag warning light as it's a latching switch which is where an auto electrician might come in handy. If you tell Tech2 it's a Vauxhall Monaro you'll get nothing, but say it's a Holden or HSV and it finds and resets the error without any problems.
I'd finally like to say a huge thanks to Andy from Monkfish who sorted all this after going back and forth several times trying to get the right part. It's hugely appreciated!!
eztiger said:
Just to be sure, it's obviously heavily implied in your post - but this did fix your issues right?
Yup Airbag, wheel controls and horn all now working. If you are in any doubt get an auto electrician to look with Tech2. The guy who did this saw the resistance values were wrong straight away and knew what the problem was. Only cost me £30 before I went spending £100s on parts.
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