Fixed - for those that may be curious, there's no tension in it. It was installed and I pulled the tab out and turned it to align with the wheel. There's center punch at the 12 o'clock on the splined rod the wheel installs to, and and arrow on the wheel so no big deal if the wheel isn't centered when doing this. Very easy to fix.

 

Chance the factory center point won't be center

 

I would guess that's true but the wheel didn't exactly move since the tires were on the ground and the punch was where it needed to be. I've tea about this being a hard 3hr job but it's not hard.

And this helps removing the airbag.

 

Many thanks for this write up. Having seen the airbag light for almost a year now, I finally set myself to the job of replacing the clock spring. I managed to do it in just under an hour, a large part of this spent on finding the right tool to get the airbag out of the way. I bent an old screwdriver and that worked like a charm.
It may be European specs, but I found it not necessary to unhook the electrical connector for the cruise control. Could be left in place.
Ordering the part un the US and doing the job myself, I saved some 300-400 Euros.

Thanks again

barend

 

For the '12 + interior the method is the same with the exception being the airbag removal.

If you have the one with the steering controls your are in luck and it is very easy. There are two 10mm bolts that hold it in. One at the 9 clock and one at the 3 clock position. They are on the back part of the wheel.


Once the bolts/clips are removed. The center portion of the steering wheel containing the airbag can be removed. There are three electrical connections to undo. Two on the airbag itself and one for the horn.

 

Wonder if it'll be the same for the 2011, the bolts are at the 9 and 3 position?....and I have the stereo controls on my steering wheel. What are the chances that it is not the clock spring? My airbag chimes randomly and it stays on but my horn and cruise control work. Also does anyone know if Chrysler has done a recall on the clock spring or should I just order the part?

 

When my clock spring went out the cruise control and horn worked fine but the air bag light would chime every 10-15 minute.. I just ordered it in Amazon for $150 and replaced it..
Augi

 

And did it fix the problem?

 

It's been over 2 months now since I replaced it and no problems at all...
Augi

 

Why would you think of that? The Seven Little Dwarfs working in the cave hand cast forging and marking each piece by hand are very well trained.
In other words the machines that produce individual parts and then assembled by machines into modules which then are assembled into the vehicle by human assisted machines don't usually have a center punch error.

The Dwarfs have moved on to hand building Maserati and other vehicles in the million dollar range. Jeeps are machine produced to a large extent.