2004 Tunda clock spring replacement causing air bag light to come on.

I recently installed a new clock spring in my Tundra due to the battery working intermittently. After installing the new clock spring my air bag light is now on. This is the second clock spring I've purchased and both had same issue. Horn seems to work fine with them. When I reinstall the original clock spring the air bag light goes out but the horn problem comes back. Anyone ever have an issue like this when installing a clock spring?

 

Where did you buy the clockspring from ?

 

ebay

 

These trucks don’t like aftermarket electronics

You will need to buy an oem one

 

Yup. This is another well documented case that only OEM will work. It sucks, it's expensive, but if you want your airbag light off(and to actually work), you gotta go OEM.

 

And really ... that airbag is there to save your life, it's part of the safety restraint system. Is that really where you want to be saving money buying cheapo bullshit parts from a website where nobody can be held accountable for selling you a failed part?

Furthermore, wouldn't you want to pay the extra money just to know the part you bought is OEM standard quality, and not some cobbled-together cheapo shit from a factory in mainland China where workers are underpaid, and making the most money based on volume of output?

If you have an airbag light, you should scan to see what the SRS (safety restraint system) code is. Some SRS codes must be forcibly reset/erased using a reader capable of clearing SRS/airbag codes. Not all readers are capable.

You didn't do anything stupid while installing the clockspring, like ... fail to pull the negative battery cable? You should never touch any SRS connector before removing power (pull the negative batt cable specifically), because some SRS codes "stick" in the system, and the slightest electrical spark can case your airbag to fire.