Airbag error 13 Ignition circuit.

[gookah]

I have been chasing the following error now for about a week.
It put on my airbag light, and after resetting the error, it immediately came back on and would not stay cleared.

This was showing on INPA

'resistance too large' pointed to a bad connection somewhere.
'error active at the moment' said fault was currently present
'error is not sporadic' meant it was not intermittent



Anyway
I removed the steering wheel and the clock spring and disconnected all of the connectors, and sprayed with contact cleaner, they all seemed fine, until I came across the one behind the lower steering column cowl, this was loose and pushed back in about 3mm.


(Photo below taken after pushing it back in)

The cable that ran underneath it had pressed on the release clip of the connector allowing it to gradually come out.
Bottom cable now re-routed above the connector.


Anyway refitted everything back, and cleared error, and now airbag light no more, as it has stayed off.

This thread titled as such, to hopefully assist someone else with this problem,
especially because it would have been better If I had looked there before removing the steering wheel.

 

[Mint]

Good detective work Pete

 

[gookah]

A simple fix, that was beginning to concern me as to what may need replacing and how to find it.

 

[t-tony]

That's good info Pete, thank you for sharing mate.

Tony.

 

[mrscalex]

Good shout. I disconnect at that point when removing the steering wheel anyway. I've stuffed a slip ring up before with the ribbon cable pulling out trying it other ways.