AIR BAG, Passenger: Installation: Installation
WARNING:
To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the negative battery (ground) cable. Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. On vehicles equipped with the optional Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) system, a technician trained in proper HEV service safety procedures must also remove the high voltage service disconnect from the high voltage battery pack. This is the only sure way to disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment. Failure to follow these instructions may result in possible serious or fatal injury.
WARNING:
To avoid serious or fatal injury, use extreme care to prevent any foreign material from entering the passenger airbag, or becoming entrapped between the passenger airbag cushion and the passenger airbag door. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.
WARNING:
To avoid serious or fatal injury, the passenger airbag door must never be painted. Replacement passenger airbags are serviced with doors in the original colors. Paint may change the way in which the material of the airbag door responds to an airbag deployment. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.
NOTE:
The following procedure is for replacement of an ineffective or damaged passenger airbag. If the airbag is ineffective or damaged, but not deployed, review the recommended procedures for handling non-deployed supplemental restraints. See Restraints - Standard Procedure . If the passenger airbag has been deployed, review the recommended procedures for service after a supplemental restraint deployment before removing the airbag from the vehicle. See Restraints - Standard Procedure .
CAUTION:
Be certain to take the proper precautions to prevent the instrument panel top pad from receiving cosmetic damage from the passenger airbag housing during the following procedures.
- Position the passenger airbag unit onto the instrument panel.
- Reconnect the instrument panel wire harness connector for the airbag to the passenger airbag inflator pigtail wire connector on the right side of the airbag mounting bracket. Be certain that the latch on the connector and the red Connector Position Assurance (CPA) lock are each fully engaged.
- Carefully lower the passenger airbag unit into the instrument panel, being certain that the airbag mounting bracket (3) is properly positioned to the instrument panel support structure.
- Reach into the glove box opening (2) to install and tighten the two screws (4) that secure the passenger airbag mounting bracket to the instrument panel support structure through the access holes (1). Tighten the screws to 6 N.m (55 in. lbs.).
- Align and insert the rearward tabs of the passenger airbag door into the slots in the instrument panel top pad.
- Using hand pressure, push down on the forward and side edges of the passenger airbag door over each snap feature until it snaps into its receptacle in the instrument panel top pad.
- Reinstall the glove box into the instrument panel.
- Reinstall the defroster grille onto the top of the instrument panel. Refer to Body/Instrument Panel/GRILLE, Defroster - Installation .
- Do not reconnect the battery negative cable at this time. On vehicles equipped with the optional Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) system, the service disconnect must also remain disconnected from the high voltage battery pack. The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) verification test procedure should be performed following service of any SRS component. See Restraints - Standard Procedure .