Right fellas
First of all, don’t turn the ignition on whilst the panel is removed, I’ve been there done that on a pre facelift one I used to own.
I didn’t take the instrument panel out but I’d taken the steering wheel off and obviously the airbag, I think the job I was doing was something to do with one of the stalks, anyway I reconnected the battery turned on the ignition to check if things were working ok.
Disconnect battery again and put everything back together, steering wheel air bag etc. switched on the ignition, didn’t the airbag warning light stay on.
I was a bit worried about driving the car with it on, so had to get a mobile auto electrician to out, about 10 minutes work with his laptop, £50.
Right back to my present problem, I don’t know if I’ve opened a can of worms, I never thought about getting a scrap one to look at first, anyway it’s out of the car now and looking at it I’m thinking have I got to buy the whole instrument panel.
Tell me what you think or indeed if there are any further tests I can do at this stage.
How do I post jpeg images on this forum, you will then be able to see what I’m looking at, much better than trying to describe it.