Took my saab 93 2004 to the garage to sort this problem, they didnt have a clue. Random guy on youtube and a couple of hours later the problem is solved. Thanks you are an awesome person.
This just saved me $380 for the new CIM, and all of the trouble of Tech 2 programming the new cim in. Went to a local yard, pulled the part out of another car, swapped the boards, and no more Airbag Light! Thank you very much!
Many thanks Tecman - car failed the MOT due to airbag light from broken clock spring, got a cim from a breakers for £32, fitted the clock spring myself following your video and all good.
Great video, thank you, After replacing the clock spring, the airbag malfunction disapeared, but now the stability control failure is on. Maybe the clockspring I pus has another wire interupted. I will check
I replaced mine and still got the fault message. Turned out to be a poor contact between the airbag plug and the socket on the clock-spring. The fault is triggered when the resistance in either detonator circuit is over 4.3 Ohms, and my diagnostic kit showed that the two circuits were 4.45 and 4.9 Ohms, showing how critical that is. Re-assembled the connection with a lot of contact cleaner and that was enough to solve it. So, if you get the error, try reseating the airbag plug (and the one on the back of the CIM) with some contact cleaner before you dismantle the whole thing. It will only take a few minutes, and you could save yourself a lot of work.
I thought that I had nothing to lose so I disassembled the clock spring as well and found that it wasn't the coil that had broken but the contacts where it comes out of the casing. I soldered it back together and reassembled it and it is now as good as new and cost me nothing at all except a couple of hours of my time
Hi I have a question my Saab 9-3 i bought the case of the cim module for my car and will something happen if I put the cars original cim in the new case?
very very good video but I am a bit confused about the pins you were adjust I did the same but air bad/traction light is on. horn radio cruise control works perfectly.
The fault might still come from somewhere else, this video was mostly to help those who had an intermittent fault while turning the wheel right or left
Looking at the way they are made, that isn't really practical. They are most likely to fail at the ends, and these are plastic-welded over brazed connections from the clock-spring ribbon to the contact pins. I'm not saying it's impossible but it's a job you may regret starting!
Yeah the pins sit just in front of the tongues of the plugs. hence why you need to help them by pushing the tongues out of the way with a small screwdriver while pushing those pins through. delicate job but doable
@@tecman6724 just done this pushing the two pins so they sit behind the two silver metal bits. It has now thrown up stability control error and airbag light arghhh driving me nuts. Any ideas what I've done wrong? The two copper/gold pins sit inside the large silver connectors yeah?
@@yournightmare9185 mine was a airbag fault but you could have other fault. The clock spring is a cable that makes the connections to all features of the wheels.
@@yournightmare9185 Yes it was. As I was turning the wheel, the air bag light would come on and off. The clock spring is a known weakness on 9-3s. Many people had to replace it. I suggest you to watch my video fully and you will understand how the clock spring works. It will make more sense to you. Probability is on the clock spring and not the plug under your seat mate. Plugs under seat rarely go bad as they are no subject to bad treatments but on the contrary, quite protected where they are! Plus very easy to check if ok
Took my saab 93 2004 to the garage to sort this problem, they didnt have a clue. Random guy on youtube and a couple of hours later the problem is solved. Thanks you are an awesome person.
This just saved me $380 for the new CIM, and all of the trouble of Tech 2 programming the new cim in. Went to a local yard, pulled the part out of another car, swapped the boards, and no more Airbag Light!
Thank you very much!
No worries
Many thanks Tecman - car failed the MOT due to airbag light from broken clock spring, got a cim from a breakers for £32, fitted the clock spring myself following your video and all good.
Great video, thank you,
After replacing the clock spring, the airbag malfunction disapeared, but now the stability control failure is on. Maybe the clockspring I pus has another wire interupted. I will check
I replaced mine and still got the fault message. Turned out to be a poor contact between the airbag plug and the socket on the clock-spring. The fault is triggered when the resistance in either detonator circuit is over 4.3 Ohms, and my diagnostic kit showed that the two circuits were 4.45 and 4.9 Ohms, showing how critical that is. Re-assembled the connection with a lot of contact cleaner and that was enough to solve it.
So, if you get the error, try reseating the airbag plug (and the one on the back of the CIM) with some contact cleaner before you dismantle the whole thing. It will only take a few minutes, and you could save yourself a lot of work.
Spot on buddy, thanks for that especially getting the pins aligned properly .
No problem
Thanks for the video! Easily changed my faulty clockspring.
Hello
do i need tech2 to replace the clock spring
@@thisistheway1766, noup. If you're only replacing the clockspring it's plug&play.
Super video ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thank .
I thought that I had nothing to lose so I disassembled the clock spring as well and found that it wasn't the coil that had broken but the contacts where it comes out of the casing. I soldered it back together and reassembled it and it is now as good as new and cost me nothing at all except a couple of hours of my time
this is what I like to hear, Well done mate. You saved big money
Wow that's what I'll do I'll tell you if I'm successful
Everyone I solved the problem I opened the clock spring and soldered everything is fine now hard job but I'm glad I did it
@@AriolPlaka who knows....this might be the weakest link on those cim
@@AriolPlaka Can you make a video how you did it?
Hi I have a question my Saab 9-3 i bought the case of the cim module for my car and will something happen if I put the cars original cim in the new case?
Hello
do i need tech2 to replace the clock spring
If you keep the original circuit board, no programming is needed.
very very good video but I am a bit confused about the pins you were adjust I did the same but air bad/traction light is on. horn radio cruise control works perfectly.
The fault might still come from somewhere else, this video was mostly to help those who had an intermittent fault while turning the wheel right or left
Amazing video thank you very much.
My question is, Can you open the clock spring and fix the cable or contacts? Thank you again
Looking at the way they are made, that isn't really practical. They are most likely to fail at the ends, and these are plastic-welded over brazed connections from the clock-spring ribbon to the contact pins. I'm not saying it's impossible but it's a job you may regret starting!
Superb Video. Thank you
Thanks
Do more video's on the Saab 93!
does the pins have to be behind the big plug or in front thank you
Yeah the pins sit just in front of the tongues of the plugs. hence why you need to help them by pushing the tongues out of the way with a small screwdriver while pushing those pins through. delicate job but doable
@@tecman6724 just done this pushing the two pins so they sit behind the two silver metal bits. It has now thrown up stability control error and airbag light arghhh driving me nuts. Any ideas what I've done wrong? The two copper/gold pins sit inside the large silver connectors yeah?
hi do you have to program the clock spring part or it's only for the cim
If you keep the original circuit board, no programming is needed.
Anyone remembers what kind of fault code your cars displayed?
@@yournightmare9185 mine was a airbag fault but you could have other fault. The clock spring is a cable that makes the connections to all features of the wheels.
@@tecman6724 did it flash the airbag light on and off whilst driving too? I was thinking it was the plug under the seat
@@yournightmare9185 Yes it was. As I was turning the wheel, the air bag light would come on and off. The clock spring is a known weakness on 9-3s. Many people had to replace it. I suggest you to watch my video fully and you will understand how the clock spring works. It will make more sense to you. Probability is on the clock spring and not the plug under your seat mate. Plugs under seat rarely go bad as they are no subject to bad treatments but on the contrary, quite protected where they are! Plus very easy to check if ok
@@tecman6724 thanks mate! I haven’t found a single video explaining the issue in either English and Polish but yours! Thanks again!
Could barely understand you lol, your accent is weird mate
Next time i ll speak to you in swedish lol