No horn or cruise control

I need some advice I did some work to my steering a while back and everything went fine during and after for a while but I had to take my steering column loos now when I put it back together I triple check to make sure nothing was loose wire connection wise and everything and now I have no horn, cruise control and I have an airbag light on my dash and I can not figure out what’s going on all my fuses are good and all my wire connections are right and tight. Some help would be appreciated

 

You need a new clockspring. You might have damaged it during removal and let it spin or it’s not centered.

I bought a cheap one from rockauto but many will recommend an oem one. If it goes out I will buy oem. It did take me 2 clocksprings to get 1 working one.

I became a pro at removing the steering wheel and airbag because of this and sounds like you have also

 

Any time I need to remove a steering wheel in modern cars, I always take a paint marker and mark the position of the wheel on the splined shaft so I don't fuck up the clockspring.

But I'd also mention ... If you don't remember feeling the ribbon inside the clockspring snap, there is a single ground inside the earlier models which can be cleaned out and may fix the problem. In fact, this was such a recurring theme we opted to stick this tidbit inside the community megathread to help people out:

• Steering wheel / horn / airbag problems. Horn not working? Airbag light on, cruise not working? Before you buy a clockspring, read this, several people solved what they thought was a bad clock spring with that specific fix. If you do need a new clockspring, it's integral to the safety restraint system, don't cheap out and buy generic from scAmazon or fleaBay. Ideally, replace it with OEM.

So while it probably is the clockspring, at least ... if you weren't careful enough to (A) disconnect the negative battery cable before starting and (B) mark the steering wheel position to avoid overextending the clockspring, then it's probably the clockspring.

Yeah, I'll say, you're probably lucky you didn't eat an airbad with the non-working unit. Time to buy a lotter ticket

I'd potentially trust the replacement from SMP (Standard Motor Products), but I wouldn't trust clearly mass-produced bootleg cheap shit from China, generic, off-brand, or less than $50. There's no way in hell you're going to get a safety-considerate, long-lasting part for $50 or less with a clockspring. And that's not to say "price is your litmus". It's not. Stick with a name brand. Dorman or SMP, I'd probably accept. I will not buy it on scAmazon or fleaBay either, because not only will you get bootleg, but if you order OEM, you're probably getting a fake.

I really wish we weren't living in this bullshit hell where you can't get good parts these days. It genuinely sucks. Globalization has absolutely tanked part quality.

 

Is it possible you turned the steering wheel when the rack and pinion was disconnected from it? If so you may have damaged the clock spring that connects the horn and cruise control through the

 

clock spring..and yes oem is best and will last a long time.

 

I know something about this...

https://www.tundras.com/threads/solved-horn-stopped-working.131267/#post-3352439

 

Make sure you mark the splines for realignment and not the nut like I did