I've found a deal at a wrecking yard on a steering wheel from a Touring or Grand Touring 2012 Mazda5 and was thinking about swapping it over to my Sport to get the leather and extra buttons (I plan on getting a Pioneer AppRadio and programming the extra buttons with that; I know that they won't do anything with the current radio). My only concern is dealing with the airbag as I don't want to screw up a critical safety function. I am a fully trained automotive mechanic (but don't like getting dirty, so I never pursued it as a career), but my training was back in the '80s and never dealt with airbags. I figure that as long as I am careful, disconnect the battery, and don't force anything I should be able to make this swap myself. I am assuming that if something isn't quite right with the airbag, the diagnostic system for that system should give me an indication.
Does this seem like a task that an out-of-practice mechanic can handle, or would I be better off paying a dealer/current mechanic to do the swap for me?
Thanks,
Ryan
Does this seem like a task that an out-of-practice mechanic can handle, or would I be better off paying a dealer/current mechanic to do the swap for me?
Thanks,
Ryan