POTENTIAL airbag issue with sports steering wheel

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Hi everyone, any input greaty appreciated ,well I never attempted the diy to remove the sports steering wheel trim to paint it, and took it to a mechanic, he insisted on removing the airbag...and he used a flat blade screwrider to prise off the 2 connectors on the airbag... all off in 10mins, he left me without the airbag.horn.BUT on my way home and on closer inspection of the connector I noticed an issue with one connector this is shown in the pics on one side the yellow clip is flattened and damaged i guess so this probably wont fully engage in socket, and on the other side is shortened bcos it was cut and the part cut off is stuck on the airbag side in the scoket, this combined with a read of a post on here shown below has got me real worried I will have the same issue once all connected up again...

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...ing-wheel.html

If I can buy the tiny yellow plastic portion of the connector/clip that is damaged great, can ? or will i have to get the whole connector-green part too and dismantle old one, i was able to get the yellow damaged part off with ease using my fingernail..but not sure comes as a separate part?

the note by weasel is what is getting me worried:

Weasel
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Driving doesn't clear airbag codes... I really wish "code readers" gave the full fault description like I get at work as there are numerous possible faults with each airbag circuit.

If the light is out now with the original bag on there I'd wait for the key to be off for a few minutes so the circuit isn't "awake" or monitored and swap over to the new setup. When the old bag is out before putting the new one in I'd look really closely at every little piece of the connectors of both to make sure no little tabs are broken on it. The reason for this is there is what is called a "terminating bridge" on the airbag connector that jumps both pins together when it is unplugged to prevent static/electric charge from deploying the bag. And if the connector isn't 100% engaged when plugged in that will still have it jumped and throw the code for "resistance too low" meaning it sees a short. I'd try the new setup again paying extra attention to making sure the connector is fully engaged and all locks in place on the locking connector.