Is this the Sprial Cable? 2001 qx4

[CanuckQx4]

Hey guys, so I was in the junkyard today and came across a 2001-2004 pathfinder, the dash was all picked clean, steering wheel gone, but this thing was on the seat. I believe it could be the spiral cable?



It spins and has those 2 connection you can see in the pic and a big yellow connector on the back which Id imagine is airbag. My cable has been broken forever and cruise control / air bag / hord has not worked. Would this fix it?

i cant find anything in the FSM about installing it or removing the old one, proper setup etc. Any help appreicated

[atraudes]

Yes sir, that is the spiral cable. The connector with the yellow and blue wires is for the airbag. I'll look up the full instructions when I have all of my manual resources at hand, but it should just be a matter of removing the airbag, steering wheel, and swapping the spiral cable.

[CanuckQx4]

I found the install in the RS-17 section of the manual, but its very confusing with the nuetral position and right end position.

I also spun the damn thing in my hand a few times, didnt feel any resisitance, but after reading on the internet, I feel that may have snapped the cable, if it wasnt snapped already....

Would spinning it snap it surely?

[atraudes]

I think all it's saying is to spin it all the way to the right, then turn it 2.5 turns to the left, which should give you the negative/neutral position. Basically, position it in the middle of extreme left and extreme right. Don't force it left or right; stop when you feel resistance. You know, be ginger

if you keep spinning it one way and never feel it stop, yeah, it's snapped. It's basically just a 6' ribbon cable wound in a spiral inside the case. The solder points at either end of the cable are pretty fragile since the wire is so small, so even giving it a good tug at its limit will likely at least damage the solder points.

I've seen a few people repair them by replacing or resoldering the cable, but dunno if it's possible with ours.

[CanuckQx4]

Must be snapped the darn. I was gentle when I spun it, slow enough that I would have felt any sort of resistance, I should have know it was too good to be true when the thing was already removed from the vehicle in a junkyard

Thanks for the information though, saved me from removing mine and installing this one only to find everything still didnt work