R-Design steering Wheel

[Joe558]

No, you do not test resistance, you test the continuity. 
There are three wires, 
1 of them is the common wire. the other two are individual for each paddle. 
You should test the continuity between common and individual for each paddle. When you press the paddle you'll see value change at the same time if you press the other paddle value does not change.

If it were a simple switch, yes. However I don’t believe it is. The few other switches (buttons) I’ve tested from the factory are NOT simple switches. They all have high resistance when at rest and much lower when pressed. The resistors are clearly visible on the pcb, but i don’t have paddles to disassemble. Which would also make sense as the car could know if the paddles are present or not and whether they are shorted. Attached is the button behind the button on the shift knob (used when shifting out of park), even when it’s not pressed there is 4.69k resistance, as evidenced by the 472 resistor in the pic.