Airbag light and Cruise proble 00 Grand Caravan

My Air bag Warning light is on on my 2000 Grand Caravan and the cruise
control is not working. I checked all the fuses, disconnected and
re-connected the battery. Everything looks ok, the car runs fine, any
ideas?

Karl

 

Does your horn work? Sounds like your clockspring on which there may be a
recall. I say may as 2000 model year may not. You can check with your dealer or
go to "www. chrysler.com" or "www.dodge.com", click the "For Owners" on the
menu, then follow directions by adding your VIN. from that you will learn which
recalls have not been performed on your vehicle.

RP

 

The Horn Works fine.

 

My guess is still the clockspring.

 

Mine too. I'm not familiar with the minivans, but on most Chrysler
vehicles, there are at least two separate circuits (pairs of wires) in
the clockspring.

Bill Putney
(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with "x")

 

recall?? check with your local dealer it might be covered

 

possible clockspring unit in the steering wheel. some are covered by a
recall. check with chrysler.

 

You were right it was the F%$*&$$$ Clock Spring. What the heck is a
clockspring anyways? I would expect for $200 it is pretty nice little
gizmo. And no it was not under the recall - that was only for up to 1998
models (I see how well they fixed it though ...).
Now I just need to figure out what the loud noise is when I first lower the
drivers window.

Karl

 

The clockspring allows steering wheel mounted controls to maintain their
electrical connection while turning the steering wheel. The clockspring is
around $80, but the labor is probably about 1.5 hours.

 

It's the device that allows the steering wheel to rotate through its full
travel while maintaining constant and *reliable* integrity of the power,
ground and signal wires for all electrical devices contained within the
steering wheel: The horn switches, the cruise control switches, the
airbag.