by WaltV » Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:18 am
DTC B0026 (stage 1) or B0044 (stage 2) will set when one of the following conditions occurs:
The steering wheel module high circuit is less than 2.4 volts and the steering wheel module deployment loop is more than 6 ohms for 500 milliseconds.
The steering wheel module deployment loop resistance is more than 4.8 ohms for 500 milliseconds.
There could be multiple root causes. You most likely have high resistance in the stage 2 deployment loop. If you're lucky reseating related connectors might take care of it. More realistically, you probably have a bad SIR Coil. You'll have to remove the steering wheel airbag to test it.