Bad clockspring replaced, steering controls still don't work

My steering controls went out and I had a driver's side airbag light on the dashboard.
I replaced the clockspring and cleared the airbag light, but the steering controls still don't work.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

There are two versions of the clock spring - one for when there are steering wheel controls and one for no steering wheel controls.

 

I used the 84306-48030 model, I'm not finding any information about which has steering controls and which doesn't

 

I don't know about the particular part number, but if you look at the S8 connector (the OUTPUT of the clock spring), the one without control pinouts will only have 3 pins.

Edit - I don't know if the INPUT side of the clock spring will have all pins regardless, even if it's not a spring for steering controls.

 

If this helps, here is the pinout of the S8 connector (output of the clock spring). Assuming it is the correct spring, you should see varying resistance (depending on what switch you press) on pins 4, 5, and 6. Similar to the cruise control, the system recognizes what button you are pressing by the resistance it sees on the respective pins.

 

Thanks
I looked over it some more, I do have the S8 connector with 8-pins and it looks the same as the one I just removed.
Is there a fuse for the steering controls? Otherwise I think the steering wheel controls unit might have gone bad or the cable might of been damaged.

 

If you replaced with an aftermarket CS, it could be a bad one. Also, check the connection pins that none got bent. There is no one fuse for steering controls, only individual fuses for its protected component.

 

Since it's already all connected, I would check for variable resistance at the output pins of S8 as indicated above (as opposed to no or infinite resistance). If you get variable resistance at the respective S8 pins, it's NOT the switch or clock spring.

If you don't get variable resistance, you have to back track, first testing continuity from input to output of the CS, then check for resistance output of the switch itself.

I don't know what the specs are, and it shouldn't really matter as long as you see varying resistance depending on what switch is being pressed.

 

Disregard:
It's a bad clockspring. Went for an evening drive and the controls illuminated and worked for about 10 minutes. stopped working after making a slight turn and didn't come back on.

Anyone know what's up with the quality with these? I'm at 250k and this is the 3rd one I've replaced.

 

Are you using OEM or the $50 ones off Amazon/ebay?

 

Had an OEM one originally and it lasted till 150k, then used a knock-off that lasted to 220k. This current thing is dead on arrival looks like