I find this to be the definitive video when researching assembly and cable harness set up of E46 steering. Thanks for shooting it well lit and making the inside of steering easy to see.
Thank you for saving me thousands of dollars on paying someone to work on my car. Watched and performed so many DIYs from you including VCG replacement, and so much more. Thank you so much!
Been trying for 3 hours now. I got one spring to release but I can't get the other one. I've been inserting a little above 3 o-clock position and a little above the 9 o-clock position. How long is the screw driver you're using?
I got it out. I was being too gentle. It really takes a lot of force to compress the spring. Even then, you may need to compress multiple times if you didn't compress far enough early on.
Hey quick question when installing the air bag what green and yellow harness for and what is the black one for if the bag is improperly installed ive been told it will deploy just for safety witch one of the harness cables deploys the bag.???
Hello 50’s kid. I own an e46 with the fault code. “Airbag driver” (01) From my Bmw scanner 1.4 I have no idea if it’s the clock ring, or the wiring the steering wheel getting crusty. What do you think causes it?
Great DIY as usual. I have an 06 325ci cabrio, fully loaded, sport. White/blk leather. I get more offers to buy this car everywhere I drive. I want to replace the sport wheel with an M3 wheel with paddle shift. There are DIY's on how to wire it into the steptronic. I like the look and feel of the M3 wheel, but not sure of the pitfalls of this mod, or if putting an M3 wheel on my car will just look dumb.
Hey bro, one question. Same steering wheel on my e46. Every time I press the “volume down” button. But result in “next track “ when I listen to the radio. What might went wrong on my media control? Thanks in advance.
i have a e46 328 1998, with a multi conector 4 spoke stering wheel, and just one airbag wire, I bought a e46 sport 3 spoke stering wheel, wich has two airbag wires and one plug wire for all the controls, radio and cruise, how can I do that work ? Some aftermarket harness or something ?
I switched from 4spoke to 3spoke and I got airbag light. Probably just need SRS reset? I did plug the battery before I put the new airbag to test the multifunction keys.
So I replaced my 4 Spoke wheel with this sport wheel. My original wheel did not come with any media control or cruise control. The new one does, I've plugged it in and everything and the media buttons dont work, or light up. I know that the cruise control needs to be wired up using a harness, but what about the media controls? Can anyone help me out? I have a base model 320i, 2002. Thanks!
I actually just got the airbag replaced on my e46 M3. BMW of Manhattan in New York City told me they have plenty of those airbags in stock. I would try another dealer.
I purchased an 04 330i and someone had put M3 parts on it including springs and steering wheel. I have purchased the right springs, but the headlights aren’t working. Checked fuses. The car I’ve found out by mistake requires an aftermarket key chip box to run. Wondering if the steering wheel and ignition being wrong could be why headlights aren’t working. Anyone?
Which dealer do you go to? I had both front airbags replaced a week before Christmas at Center BMW of Sherman Oaks - no issues at all, just called them a few days in advance. BTW the spring in this video should not stick up. It's supposed to sit between the steering wheel and the metal bracket. There are two other similarly positioned springs in the upper left and the upper right corners - I guess two out of three is enough for the honk to work alright.
I actually filmed this video last year and shortly afterwards I did get the new air bags installed as the stock was finally available. Thanks for the tip on the spring--I will have to take it off again and see what's up with that!
Just switched from stock 4 spoke on E39, to 3 spoke M sport. The airbag is sitting out a good 4-5 mm from the edge of wheel. Is that normal? And dude who fitted it didn't disconnect battery, just cleared any faults after fault after. By disconnecting battery we avoid any airbag fault codes, yeah?
Mine has the edge too. I think it's normal. It's the spare area for pressing the horn I guess. Make sure the edge right/left are exactly the same. And yes you should not have any lights or fault codes when disconnecting the battery. Wait at least one minute to make 100% sure before putting the Airbag cables off
@@tompijnappel7368 Yeah, I'm cool with the gap now. At first I was thinking dumb purchase, old wheel perfectly good, but now, love it! Paid 1/2 price too - 7,000 Thai baht/$229 USD. Never seen a good one here for less than $500.
Love your videos. My 2003 e46 keep burning the auto dim rear view mirror. Do you have any insight on that? Thank you for all the vids. They've saved me a ton of money.
Thanks for the reply, but I did check the immediate wires going into the connector. All looked good. I've tried 3 new mirrors and within a few minutes mirror bubbles up and after a few hours turn brown and spotty and you can no longer see out of it. I am at the end of my ropes. Thinking of just replacing it with a regular mirror. It's become an expensive adventure.
Yup, got a really nice M3 steering wheel in my closet for like 3 months and now I have reason to go swap it out. lol Are you still going to do the AC video? Summer is right around the corner!
holy shit i thought i put my wheel somehow off-centre because the car is driving straight but the steering wheel is at slight angle so it means somethings wrong with my alignment for sure or tyre pressure on one side is too low...
Pretty safe to remove the airbag without removing the battery terminal. Wait 10 minutes after the ignition is off. The airbag recall is mainly the passenger airbag.
I can't do it like that on video. It's an airbag, you know? Somebody's gonna do something stupid. Btw the problem airbag was the driver side with possibly the passenger side also being bad.
The piece at the end of the video you didn't know what it was, here is the part number 51478213602, it a cover that goes on the back plastic of the trunk lining.
"I don't know the torque for this bolt and I really don't care." Love it! True home mechanic - it's all about feel. Thanks for the video.
Who else misses 50s kid he was so close to that silver plaque
Wonder what he is up to now. He's making $ off the commercials tho
Showing how the springs that hold the air bag in while the air bag was off the wheel totally saved me. Thanks!!
I find this to be the definitive video when researching assembly and cable harness set up of E46 steering. Thanks for shooting it well lit and making the inside of steering easy to see.
So many tutorials how to replace steering wheel but only you mentioned about alignment stuff. Big kudos for that!
Thanks Great Help! Still looking after my E46 20 years on 👌
Thank you for saving me thousands of dollars on paying someone to work on my car. Watched and performed so many DIYs from you including VCG replacement, and so much more. Thank you so much!
I brought a 3 spoke to change my 4 spoke. But the 3 spoke didn’t come with wire harness. Question is where does the ground wire get connected ?
Been trying for 3 hours now. I got one spring to release but I can't get the other one. I've been inserting a little above 3 o-clock position and a little above the 9 o-clock position. How long is the screw driver you're using?
I got it out. I was being too gentle. It really takes a lot of force to compress the spring. Even then, you may need to compress multiple times if you didn't compress far enough early on.
Hey quick question when installing the air bag what green and yellow harness for and what is the black one for if the bag is improperly installed ive been told it will deploy just for safety witch one of the harness cables deploys the bag.???
thanks for your video, at first its complicated to get out the airbag, them seeing the system that it has is more very easy.
Looks a lot easier than I thought it would be!
Jason: E46 steering wheel 2000-328 and 2003-325, are they the same they can be switched. ?
Thank you.
Hello 50’s kid.
I own an e46 with the fault code.
“Airbag driver” (01)
From my Bmw scanner 1.4
I have no idea if it’s the clock ring, or the wiring the steering wheel getting crusty.
What do you think causes it?
Hi my Autel scanner won't read my MFL steering wheel...and my cruise n horn don't work , is there a control unit somewhere?.fuses are good
Great DIY as usual. I have an 06 325ci cabrio, fully loaded, sport. White/blk leather. I get more offers to buy this car everywhere I drive.
I want to replace the sport wheel with an M3 wheel with paddle shift. There are DIY's on how to wire it into the steptronic. I like the look and feel of the M3 wheel, but not sure of the pitfalls of this mod, or if putting an M3 wheel on my car will just look dumb.
Hey bro, one question.
Same steering wheel on my e46.
Every time I press the “volume down” button. But result in “next track “ when I listen to the radio.
What might went wrong on my media control?
Thanks in advance.
i have a e46 328 1998, with a multi conector 4 spoke stering wheel, and just one airbag wire, I bought a e46 sport 3 spoke stering wheel, wich has two airbag wires and one plug wire for all the controls, radio and cruise, how can I do that work ? Some aftermarket harness or something ?
It took me 1 hour before I watched this video take off🤦♂️ thank you
hi and thanks for your videos, I have a question how the steering angel sensor and what affect when is bad. thanks
thank you man, i just learned how to remove a e46 steering wheel and put it back on or a retrofit !!! awesome thanks alot
I have a steering wheel with out the dials and I want to upgrade it to a one like yours
Is it plug and play or should I add wires?
I switched from 4spoke to 3spoke and I got airbag light. Probably just need SRS reset? I did plug the battery before I put the new airbag to test the multifunction keys.
Yes you just need to reset the air bag light with a proper scan tool
So I replaced my 4 Spoke wheel with this sport wheel. My original wheel did not come with any media control or cruise control. The new one does, I've plugged it in and everything and the media buttons dont work, or light up. I know that the cruise control needs to be wired up using a harness, but what about the media controls? Can anyone help me out? I have a base model 320i, 2002. Thanks!
Best vid for this job, thanks for the great lighting👌👌
Hello is there a way to remove takata airbag and still use horn? Dealership is taking too long on replacement
can someone tell me what the two cables that are connected to the airbag itself do? what does the yellow/green one do and the black one ?
Hi just changed my steering wheel now the airbag light on is there a way to fix this with out a scanner tool
I actually just got the airbag replaced on my e46 M3. BMW of Manhattan in New York City told me they have plenty of those airbags in stock. I would try another dealer.
Greg Anagnostopoulos was it the steering wheel airbag? because on mine they only changed the passenger airbag. mine it's a 2004
plumbix88 yes the steering wheel airbag was replaced on mine.
I purchased an 04 330i and someone had put M3 parts on it including springs and steering wheel. I have purchased the right springs, but the headlights aren’t working. Checked fuses. The car I’ve found out by mistake requires an aftermarket key chip box to run. Wondering if the steering wheel and ignition being wrong could be why headlights aren’t working. Anyone?
How do you unlock the clips holding the plugs in ?
hey man im about to do this on my car but i never tested the MF , is there a way to bench test it to see if it works before installing it in the car ?
hey 50s kid im changing my heater inlet pipe, do you have any idea how much it costs at the dealler
Surely if you know you have a Takata airbag you wouldn’t plug it in when reinstalling 😶
Which dealer do you go to? I had both front airbags replaced a week before Christmas at Center BMW of Sherman Oaks - no issues at all, just called them a few days in advance.
BTW the spring in this video should not stick up. It's supposed to sit between the steering wheel and the metal bracket. There are two other similarly positioned springs in the upper left and the upper right corners - I guess two out of three is enough for the honk to work alright.
I actually filmed this video last year and shortly afterwards I did get the new air bags installed as the stock was finally available. Thanks for the tip on the spring--I will have to take it off again and see what's up with that!
Just switched from stock 4 spoke on E39, to 3 spoke M sport. The airbag is sitting out a good 4-5 mm from the edge of wheel. Is that normal?
And dude who fitted it didn't disconnect battery, just cleared any faults after fault after. By disconnecting battery we avoid any airbag fault codes, yeah?
Mine has the edge too. I think it's normal. It's the spare area for pressing the horn I guess. Make sure the edge right/left are exactly the same. And yes you should not have any lights or fault codes when disconnecting the battery. Wait at least one minute to make 100% sure before putting the Airbag cables off
@@tompijnappel7368 Yeah, I'm cool with the gap now.
At first I was thinking dumb purchase, old wheel perfectly good, but now, love it!
Paid 1/2 price too - 7,000 Thai baht/$229 USD. Never seen a good one here for less than $500.
Love your videos. My 2003 e46 keep burning the auto dim rear view mirror. Do you have any insight on that? Thank you for all the vids. They've saved me a ton of money.
Possibly a frayed wire shorting out
Thanks for the reply, but I did check the immediate wires going into the connector. All looked good. I've tried 3 new mirrors and within a few minutes mirror bubbles up and after a few hours turn brown and spotty and you can no longer see out of it. I am at the end of my ropes. Thinking of just replacing it with a regular mirror. It's become an expensive adventure.
Yup, got a really nice M3 steering wheel in my closet for like 3 months and now I have reason to go swap it out. lol
Are you still going to do the AC video? Summer is right around the corner!
Yeah I just finished it today. I've been sick.
Ok man Thanks I will keep an eye out for it.
Feel Better
Thank you for this quality tutorial!
Lol I found the same part knocking around my trunk yesterday! It goes on the plastic panel just inside the trunk down near the tail light ;)
Yep, they cover the tie-down hook on the inside lip of the trunk.
Aha. Thanks guys.
i've been wanting to convert from the ugly 4 spoke to a 3 spoke, where did you find one?
eBay!
Hey 50s kid I have the 4 spoke how do I hook up the airbags
Made this video on my channel but I used an aftermarket wheel. Great vid.
I did this on an M3 and my airbag is now sticking out farther on the right side! Anyone else had this issue?
sir you good at what you. i'm about to replace my 4 spoke steering with a 3
@50sKid You need to make a video for PARK NEUTRAL SAFTEY SWITCH
What size screwdriver to move the clip on the steering wheel?
Doesn’t matter, as long as it’s a flathead
Is it free to get the Airbag replaced?
If your vehicle is part of the recall, yes.
holy shit i thought i put my wheel somehow off-centre because the car is driving straight but the steering wheel is at slight angle so it means somethings wrong with my alignment for sure or tyre pressure on one side is too low...
Fantastic video. Thank you my friend. ;)
youll never get a call. just keep calling each month till they let you make an appoinment
cool man good timing on the video. just picked up a zhp wheel for my 330
Pretty safe to remove the airbag without removing the battery terminal. Wait 10 minutes after the ignition is off. The airbag recall is mainly the passenger airbag.
I can't do it like that on video. It's an airbag, you know? Somebody's gonna do something stupid. Btw the problem airbag was the driver side with possibly the passenger side also being bad.
Thank you
The piece at the end of the video you didn't know what it was, here is the part number 51478213602, it a cover that goes on the back plastic of the trunk lining.
-Hey guys im a pretty scared...
I bought the Same wheel 😂