Peugeot 405 Warning lights

I have recently purchased a 405, 10 years old, 90000 miles. It has
developed the following -

Airbag warning light is on. From research on this website this seems to be
due to orange cables under the seat not being connected properly. In
addition this has developed to the temperature guage showing no reading,
this developed into the temp. guage warning light coming on and a STOP
warning light coming on simultaneously. In addition the engine fan seems
to be permanently running.

Are these inter related? Can some kind soul help me out.

Cheers
Matt

 

<BTW your sig sep is fect>

there is a rotating contact behind the airbag in the steering wheel to
allow the wheel to turn at the same time as maintaining a constant
connection with the electronics. This is shorting out and blowing a
fuse, I can't remember which one, which in turn causes all of the
symptoms you mention.

To get to it undo the two hex screws at the back of the steering wheel
and *carefully* remove the airbag unit, disconnect the unit then undo
the steering wheel nut and remove the steering wheel, the rotating
contact is a black donut shaped unit.

You can either; replace the unit, dismantle it, clean it and re-assemble
it or disconnect it (red connector inside steering wheel column) and
forget about having an airbag.

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I realise that this query is somewhat ancient, however your reply has helped immensely. I have wrestled with fuse 2 failure for months, the only additional factor being that the fuse only failed when reversing! However given your answer I can see how this would occur. Now I can avoid yet another steering column removal etc. in a fruitless effort to find the cause. Ciaran (Northern Ireland)