Clockspring Assembly / Spiral Cable: Description and Operation

The clock spring assembly is incorporated into the combination switch to provide a positive connection between vehicle wire harness and driver air bag module while allowing sufficient rotation for vehicle steering. This assembly is also replaced as a complete assembly only.

The Air Bag electrical connector has a shorting bar which will short across Air Bag assembly circuits when the Air Bag connector is disconnected. The Air Bag circuit is automatically shorted by the shorting bar in this way to help prevent unwanted deployment of the Air Bag when servicing the instrument panel, Air Bags or other SRS components.