98 Grand Prix - Steering Wheel Controls

Hi - I'm having issues with my 98 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. I had a performance shop thats' pretty far away rebuild the trans in my car, and due to probs had to bring the car back 3 times to get the trans right, and in doing so had to mess with the steering column (because when they lower the trans, the steering disconnects at the column). Anyways, now when I got it back, the airbag lights are staying on, and my steering wheel radio controls no longer work. Seems to me like a bad ground or connection. All plugs under the dash look connected and intact. Everything else on the wheel (turn sigs, horn, etc.) all work. They are researching what was done and hopefully get a fix, but I figured if I can fix it in the mean time why not.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Jeff G (Philadelphia, PA)

Sounds like something is unplugged

Thanks for the replies so far...

The radio in the car is completely factory - I didn't see any loose plugs but will look for that box and check the plugs going to it tonight. What I did notice were 2 plugs coming from the steering wheel area - a small thin plug I thought was the radio controls and a yellow one I guess for the air bag, I can't see where they go to in the console (near or under the radio) but I may have to pull that apart next and check behind there. Maybe I can peek in there with a mirror too.

Jeff

Sorry for the very late follow up - still having the same issue. I didn't see the box thats supposedly the interface down below, but now I"m looking into the plug behind the wheel. I have the bottom cover off the column to see if anything's arwy there, but when I took the cover off I didn't have a flashlight handy at work. Now I will. I was trying to think of what they could have done, and I'm thinking that perhaps they took down the column and may have yanked the cords, possibly breaking or disconnecting something in the connection between the column and the wheel. They should be fixing this @#$@ but I dont want them touching my car again.

Jeff