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This is not bomb disposal. If you disconnect the battery and let the car sit a while (Mazda says 1 minute, but longer can't hurt) you will have no problem. Service techs in the U.S. are in the process of replacing over 30,000,000 potentially defective Takata airbags as quickly as they can get...

Looks like an excellent how-to with just the right amount of hand-holding. One small note - you might mention in step 17 that the airbag connectors and their clips need to be attached before reseating the airbag onto the steering wheel.

The paddles I received came with the screws. Others have reported that their's did not.

You're right, along with some good pics and a beautifully executed custom wiring diagram. It's all there. What more do you need?

Offering this up as possibly some help for a CX-5 retrofit - http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_ecce6e880101j7ij.html Use Google translator or something similar to try to make some sense of it.

Are you saying no holes, or are they just in the wrong place? I have part # GJS2-32-049 from OEM MazdaParts and the release holes are all where they should be.

I would think disconnecting the battery would have the same effect then. In any case, no airbag light on the Mazda.

Alright, even though I took no pics when I added the paddle shifters, I'm going to try to explain it as simply as I can. These pics are from the Russian website I mentioned earlier. https://www.drive2.ru/l/5660413/ First open the trunk and grab the lug wrench. You'll use it to remove the...

Apparently not very, as long as you do it correctly. Service techs are currently in the process of safely replacing well over 30,000,000 potentially defective airbags in the U.S. alone. I haven't heard of any blowing up on them. Disconnect the battery for at least one minute; release the 3...

From page 2 back in May -

The old harness has 4 connectors, and the new one has 5. That single black wire with connector is just the horn. The steering wheel controls have nothing to do with Bluetooth. Your cruise and audio controls will function as before.

I ordered screws but the paddles came with a set of 4.

Disregard the Chinese site. It wasn't as good or useful as that Russian website, and it was a "kit" that included factory and aftermarket parts along with some pin work on a connector.

The paddles themselves are nothing more than a prettier, fancier version of a couple of cheap hardware store momentary switches and are only an extension of what you are doing with the gear lever in the manual mode. In fact, if you were handy with wiring and a wiring schematic (and you didn't...

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