Clock spring resistance. Airbag code 36

[Hotrodlincoln]

Neighbor of mine has an 03 Taurus with SRS light on flashing code 36. I checked the wiring under the driver seat and made sure the resistor module contacts were clean.

I then looked to the clock spring mechanism. The one in my Lincoln went bad about two years ago and the cruise and audio control buttons on the wheel wouldn't work properly at first but were soon followed by an SRS light with code 36.
All he has is cruise button on the wheel. I didn't drive the car to see if it worked, but when I press the ON button I don't see the green cruise light on the dashboard light up. I probed the clockspring plugs for resistance and got 0.4 - 0.7 ohms across all 4 of the airbag module wires. Problem is I don't know if there is supposed to be some resistance here or not. My gut says no. Anybody know for sure or know where I can find out?

 

[adsm08]

Well, the CC light wouldn't light up unless you were moving faster than 25, so that's not gonna help.

The SRS system works on very very low voltages, so .4 to .7 would be high, but that's not open. In my experience though a code 36 is only caused by 1 thing, and that's the clockspring.

 

[Hotrodlincoln]

Yeah, I figured maybe since the car wasn't moving (wasn't even in gear) maybe the cruise wouldn't turn on.

This is a very short section of wire, maybe 3 feet if you include the windings in the clockspring so it seems like the resistance should be zero or something really close to it. I'm gonna see if I can grab one or two out of the junkyard this weekend. Hopefully I can find one that will work.