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B134800 Driver Airbag resistance circuit short to Ground (1st stage)

AutoHex Online Help: Hyundai i30(GDe) 2013
Component Location

Fig.1) Driver airbag

General Description

Driver Air bag module (hereinafter referred to DAB) located at center of steering wheel protects driver by reducing impact of collision.

DAB is consist of air bag, pat cover and two inflator.

There are power,circuit for ignition, gas generator and diffuser screen in inflator.

Air bag reduces impact of collision by fillied up gas.

In collision, pat cover splits and through this crack, air bag emerges and deploys.

Inflator generates gas that expands air bag.

Clock spring is located between steering wheel and column. It connects SRSCM to DAB.

caution

Never measure resistance of DAB directly, Current of measuring device may cause unexpected air bag deploy.



DTC Description

The SRSCM sets DTC B134800 if there is a short to ground in DAB harness

*In this case, SRSCM checks if there's any fault in circuit by sending current for a while

DTC Detecting Condition

Item

Detecting Condition

Possible cause

DTC Strategy

Check Resistance

Short to ground in DAB harness.

Poor connection of connected part.

Faulty DAB.

Faulty Clock spring.

Check SRSCM

Enable Conditions

Ignition "ON"

Threshold Value

Short to ground in DAB

Diagnostic Time

Qualification

More than 2s (200ms x 10)

De-Qualification

More than 4s (200ms x 20)

Specification

Test Condition

Resistance

Ignition ON

1.0O < Squib resistance < 6.9O

Diagnostic Circuit Diagram