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So i had the red air bag light in my dash a couple of months now. It would come and go. I read the codes with my Techstream and got back the code B1801 which is a short in the spiral cable... Yeah that says a lot....
Last week i went to the dealer to get my transmission fluid changed and asked him to check it out. He came back with a defective Clock Spring, part price 416$ ( keep in mind i live in Canada... ) Found one cheaper on Eb** but it ended up not fitting ( cable connections would not click ) even if it was the same part number, go figure.
So got the Toyota part from the dealer.
FJ Cruiser Clock Spring part no 84306-07040
Install is pretty easy once you know how ( aren’t they all )
-First disconnect your battery ( just to be sure the air bag doesn’t deploy )
-Under the steering wheel there are 2 square plastic “doors” remove them
-You get access to 2 torx screws , unscrew them, they will stay in the steering wheel Column, so no worries for them to fall down and loose them.
-Once unscrewed, pull on the middle part of the steering wheel ( the part where the Toyota logo is ) on each side. Go easy there are wires behind that part. That’s your airbag.
-Unplug the ground , small black cable and the 2 center cables, you might need a flat head screw driver to pull them out, again be gentle.
-Once removed you have access to the steering wheel nut, unscrew it. It may be wise to draw a straight line across the nut to your steering wheel to know where it was before you remove it, because it needs to go back at the same place if you want your steering wheel to be straight.
-Once the nut removed pull on the steering wheel, this might need some force, you can rock it side to side, gently, so it comes off.
-Once off you have access to the clock spring. Remove the 4 screws at each corner, disconnect the 2 cables at the bottom of the clock spring.
-Only thing left is to redo this backwards
-Connect the cables back into the new clock spring
-Make sure that you DO NOT move the square part that the 2 airbag cables come out from. It should be locked into place by an orange plastic pin.
-Once the cables are connected and the clock spring is screwed back into place pull and break the orange plastic clip, it will release the clock spring leaving it to turn freely. If you don’t have that clip or have removed it by accident, turn the clock spring until you meet a resistance, then turn it back until you get a resistance again, count 2 ½ turn back to middle. It should be now centered, side to side is normally 5 turns.
-Put your steering wheel back on, pull the airbag cables through the top part
-Screw back the steering wheel nut, stop where your line is ( make sure the steering wheel is straight )
-Connect the 2 airbag cables by pushing them until they clip into the airbag,
reconnect the black ground wire.
-Screw back the torx screws, you might have to turn the steering wheel so they align properly.
-Put the plastic tabs back on the steering wheel.
- Connect your battery, start the truck , and the airbag light should disappear after a couple of seconds
-You are DONE !
Hope this helps someone, sorry if the pictures are not always clear and the bad grammar
:smile
Last week i went to the dealer to get my transmission fluid changed and asked him to check it out. He came back with a defective Clock Spring, part price 416$ ( keep in mind i live in Canada... ) Found one cheaper on Eb** but it ended up not fitting ( cable connections would not click ) even if it was the same part number, go figure.

So got the Toyota part from the dealer.
FJ Cruiser Clock Spring part no 84306-07040

Install is pretty easy once you know how ( aren’t they all )
-First disconnect your battery ( just to be sure the air bag doesn’t deploy )
-Under the steering wheel there are 2 square plastic “doors” remove them

-You get access to 2 torx screws , unscrew them, they will stay in the steering wheel Column, so no worries for them to fall down and loose them.
-Once unscrewed, pull on the middle part of the steering wheel ( the part where the Toyota logo is ) on each side. Go easy there are wires behind that part. That’s your airbag.

-Unplug the ground , small black cable and the 2 center cables, you might need a flat head screw driver to pull them out, again be gentle.
-Once removed you have access to the steering wheel nut, unscrew it. It may be wise to draw a straight line across the nut to your steering wheel to know where it was before you remove it, because it needs to go back at the same place if you want your steering wheel to be straight.

-Once the nut removed pull on the steering wheel, this might need some force, you can rock it side to side, gently, so it comes off.
-Once off you have access to the clock spring. Remove the 4 screws at each corner, disconnect the 2 cables at the bottom of the clock spring.


-Only thing left is to redo this backwards
-Connect the cables back into the new clock spring
-Make sure that you DO NOT move the square part that the 2 airbag cables come out from. It should be locked into place by an orange plastic pin.

-Once the cables are connected and the clock spring is screwed back into place pull and break the orange plastic clip, it will release the clock spring leaving it to turn freely. If you don’t have that clip or have removed it by accident, turn the clock spring until you meet a resistance, then turn it back until you get a resistance again, count 2 ½ turn back to middle. It should be now centered, side to side is normally 5 turns.
-Put your steering wheel back on, pull the airbag cables through the top part
-Screw back the steering wheel nut, stop where your line is ( make sure the steering wheel is straight )
-Connect the 2 airbag cables by pushing them until they clip into the airbag,
reconnect the black ground wire.
-Screw back the torx screws, you might have to turn the steering wheel so they align properly.
-Put the plastic tabs back on the steering wheel.
- Connect your battery, start the truck , and the airbag light should disappear after a couple of seconds
-You are DONE !
Hope this helps someone, sorry if the pictures are not always clear and the bad grammar
:smile