Ek9 steering wheel into Ek4

[Patrick]

Hey..

Today i fitted an ek9 steering wheel into my ek4. everything has turned out fine except the "SRS" light on my cluster wont go away! How can i fix this problem?? :(

[misteR_bilzz]

should be pretty much plug and play.. did u plug everything in properly?
try resetting your ecu? let us know how u go.

[Patrick]

how do i reset the ECU?? never done it before lol

[Encor3]

the top left hand corner of your fuse box theres a 15a and 7.5a take those 2 fuses out

, or just disconnect the red capped (positive) and leave off for about 5 minutes.

[misteR_bilzz]

howd it go patrick?

[Patrick]

i tried it...light is still showing..

[misteR_bilzz]

sure everything plugged in100% ? no pins bent?

[Patrick]

yeh dude.. i checked everything about 10 times lol!
do you think maybe the airbag has been deployed once already?

[misteR_bilzz]

na its impossible!
if the air bag was deployed it wouldn't be in the state its in. cause the airbag rips open the steering wheel from the center.

[Patrick]

i see..
Maybe Yonas will know. I'll stop by his shop tomorrow and ask. hopefully he'll know what to do. but yeh thanks heaps for your help bilzz!!!

[misteR_bilzz]

sorry i couldnt help more i dont know what the problem could be im pretty sure its just plug n play.. but no woriiz man let us know how u go tomorrow =)

[Patrick]

will do! thanks again!!

[vinnY]

isn't the srs reset somewhere else?
afaik theres a separate ecu for the srs, abs and car itself

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58697&highlight=reset+srs
from instructions to sound effects :)

[Patrick]

thanks heaps vinnY! your a champion!

[barefootbonzai]

vinny is right you need to reset your SRS system. I just submitted a DIY article on how to do it.

There's review process, before it's avaliable. Should most likely be up today.

[Patrick]

AGGHHHH!! i cant get this happening! even with that step by step thread! with the EK is he referring to the connector underneath the air bag of the steering wheel or behind the actual dash??

[xtercii]

You sure the airbag is still there?

[Patrick]

yeh dude.. its still there otherwise the wheel wouldnt be in the state its in.. like what Billz had said

[barefootbonzai]

AGGHHHH!! i cant get this happening! even with that step by step thread! with the EK is he referring to the connector underneath the air bag of the steering wheel or behind the actual dash??

if you can't follow this... http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69095

it's time you give up and take it to a dealership

[CTR Coupe]

i didn't think the CTR and EK4 SRS units were compatible? one has the computer in the wheel the other in the kick panel. I thought only Coupes/ludes/S2000/EK9 were compatible.

*waits for ECU-MAN or a EK4 owner to correct me*

[Turps]

I have a EK9 steering wheel fitted to my EK4 without any problems. I just plugged it in to the original EK4 SRS plug and off I went.

Sorry Patrick I couldn't help, the only thing I can think of is the SRS unit in the EK9 steering wheel is faulty. Like Barefoot says take it to a Honda Dealer to test the SRS unit in the steering wheel and the car?

[xtercii]

yeh dude.. its still there otherwise the wheel wouldnt be in the state its in.. like what Billz had said

Ok the reason I am asking this is because I have seen eBay selling perfect looking type r steering wheels for very cheap prices but they clearly state that they cannot guarantee if the airbag would work or it’s still there, and at the same they sell guaranteed airbag intact steering wheels for normal prices. That’s where my logic is coming from.

[Hooman]

Honda will charge $33 to test it and tell u what the problem is......

[chouri]

i didn't think the CTR and EK4 SRS units were compatible? one has the computer in the wheel the other in the kick panel. I thought only Coupes/ludes/S2000/EK9 were compatible.

*waits for ECU-MAN or a EK4 owner to correct me*

Can anyone confirm if the SRS Airbag of an EK9 Steering wheel will work when fitted into an EK4?


I found the following on honda-tech but it didn't state if an EK9 works

The following wheels will fit on a 96-00 Civic:
S2000 (AP1)
S2000 (AP2)
Insight
RSX
RSX Type-S
Civic Si (EP3)
Civic Type R (EP3)
Integra Type R (DC5)
Honda Integra (DC5)
Prelude (BB6)

The Following Will Have Working Airbags:
Civic Type R (EP3)
S2000 (AP1)
Integra Type-R (DC5)
Insight
Prelude (BB6)

[kn1ghtm4r3]

^ yes