Can I avoid replacing my failing clockspring (spiral cable)?

Hi there, i am new on the forum, i recently had the issue to get the VSC light on after changing the clockspring, but i don't understand how looks like the "little tabs" you are talking about. I though about pull out the steering wheel once again and try to understand by my self i prefer to see if i can have a bit more explanations or better, a picture of those tabs? Thanks in advance. About me, i'm french and nobody in the french community of prius is able to help me, so here i am ! Thank you in advance.

 

So there are two parts, the clockspring


and the steering angle sensor


which snaps onto the back of the clockspring via those little plastic tabs circled in red

If you buy a genuine Toyota assembly, you get both parts together


(this is just a random ebay picture- don't know if that part number is correct or what)

If you buy an aftermarket clockspring you have to remove the steering angle sensor from the old part and transfer it.
As far as I know,whatever you do you need to perform a relearn procedure for the steering sensor in the antilock brake control module.
The best way to do this is to use the Techstream software to run the relearn procedure

 

No, I bought it from a Toyota dealer . I did NOT get steering angle sensor. What is this relearn procedure? We did nothing

 

In a Gen 2 catalog I see the spiral cable and the angle sensor as two separate PNCs.

Gen 3 appears to be where it started being sold only as one all-singing, all-dancing, six hundred dollar assembly.