On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:36:34 -0700, Bruce L. Bergman
<blnospambergman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:32:19 -0400, clare wrote:
>>On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:29:30 GMT, Jeff wrote:
>>>clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada wrote:
>
>>>> Has anybody ever had the driver's airbag come loose by itself? (1996
>>>> Mystique)
>>>> I suspect someone was trying to "pinch" it sometime when either the
>>>> daughter or wife left the door unlocked for a short time and got
>>>> scared away before they got it, because looking at the screws in the
>>>> back of the steering wheel (with a mirror) there appeared to be fresh
>>>> scratches in the allen screw heads ( they are NOT real easy to get
>>>> to!!)
>>>
>>>Take the car to a dealer and have it checked. You seem to be making the
>>>assumption that there is a working airbag in there. And you seem to
have
>>>a loose air bag. Perhaps they got the airbag out, and just reassembled
>>>the steering wheel.
>>
>>Nope. It is still there. P***** diags. (I'm an ex mechanic)
>
> Well, there are two things it can be: Either somebody interrupted
>them before they got the airbag out, or they had enough time to steal
>the good airbag and plug in a blown and dummied airbag with an End Of
>Line Resistor to replace the squib, so the bag looks like it's still
>there to the computer.
>
> (The crooks who salvage and resell wrecked cars came up with fake
>airbags so they don't have to spend $2000 on a new set - they just
>fill the bag space with some spray-can foam or Bondo and fold the flap
>closed, replace the ripped Vinyl steering wheel cover pad, and
>disconnect the warning light or computer power so the light never
>comes on. It's happened enough that California made this a felony a
>few years ago.)
>
> Either way, if you don't want to pay someone to pop the steering
>wheel open and take a look to make sure it's the right one in there
>and unblown, and you consider yourself qualified to do it, I'd still
>insist that you track down a copy of the "Super Seekrit" Airbag
>Servicing Procedure before trying to do it yourself.
>
> Things like handling Explosive Ordnance you REALLY don't want to do
>yourself without the proper detailed instructions, and the special
>tools and training where necessary. The f**k-up potential is way too
>high, and can involve losing bodily parts permanently.
>
> --<< Bruce >>--
Like I said Bruce, I'm an Ontario Licenced mechanic - and I have the
full manual set for this car. The airbag unit has NOT been changed.
Still the same cover and all.
My question was whether anyone has ever experienced the screws
loosening themselves? The steering wheel and/or air-bag has never been
removed from this car. The column cover has been off, and the
multifunction switch has been removed and repaired (I did it last
month because the main brake lights were not coming on - only the
center brake lights - signals still worked. Bad connection on the MF
switch - and if you know Mystique/Contour/Mondeo cars, the MF switch
clips to the side of the steering column - removing the wheel is not
required.)
I really can't see the screws backing themselves out - and the fact
there were scratches on the screw-heads makes me think someone was
trying to remove it and got interrupted.
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