Srs Airbag Light : Code 51

Hi Guys, first time poster here. I have a 2009 Toyota Prius. The airbag/srs light came on a couple weeks ago and would come and go. Eventually it came and did not go. This didnt really bother me as I dont drive it much anymore and I figured it would be gone by the next time I went to start it up. (I also heard about connections under the seat being loose and hoped that was the problem.) Well I was wrong. Today I noticed it was still there so I decided to start diagnosing. I jumped the connector as my obd2 scanner only reads regular and abs codes (not srs apparently). The only code that came up was 51. Which is the driver side squib circuit. Many say that code 51 usually just ends up being the spiral cable. I simply find this odd as every button on my steering wheels works. Cruise control works fine etc. Idk how only 1 or 2 wires get messed up in that thing and how they turn out to be the ones for the airbag but I suppose its possible.
My next step is to take a continuity tester to the 2 plugs that connect to the airbag to see if they are getting power.
Does anyone here have any experience with code 51? I hope someone can chime in and help me out here.

 

I already found a nice repair manual online that I have been going by. And I didn't blow myself up when i removed the airbag so I believe I will be fine in the reassembly of the unit. The only things I plan on testing with my ohmeter are the driver side squib things, the instrument panel wire, and the spiral cable (if possible). And my planned fixes are either the spiral cable or instrument panel wire at the moment as all connections look good near the squibs inside the steering wheel. I'm not really worried about the airbag going out on me. (Even though it has in fact gone out since the light renders it useless). Definitely another issue.

Any other advice is appreciated.

 

Bag is disconnected though so it really doesnt matter except for the purpose of proving Patrick wrong.

 

Thanks for the replies. I have a cen-tech digital clamp meter i bought from harbor freight. Super cheap and has not let me down. After a lot of testing it ended up just being the ground to the actual airbag. The car has a rebuilt title and was in a front end accident so you can imagine what the wiring looks like. So I was simply testing to make sure none of the wires accidentally got ripped etc. So after probing all the way to the instrument panel and seeing everything was fine I reassembled it all and noticed the horseshoe was very loose to the airbag. I clamped it slightly, screwed the airbag in, fired her up and no srs light.