Side - Third Row Seating
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 battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.
To avoid serious or fatal injury, never strike or drop the side impact sensor, as it can damage the impact sensor or affect its calibration. The side impact sensor enables the system to deploy the side Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) components. If an impact sensor is accidentally dropped during service, the sensor must be scrapped and replaced with a new unit. Failure to observe this warning could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper side SRS component deployment.
The front and the second or third row seating side impact sensors are interchangeable.
- Position the side impact sensor (4) to the quarter inner panel above the rear wheel housing (1).
- Align the anti-rotation pin on the base of the sensor with the clearance hole in the quarter inner panel, then press on the sensor firmly and evenly to snap the pin into place.
- Install and tighten the screw (3) that secures the side impact sensor to the quarter inner panel. Tighten the screw to 11 N.m (97 in. lbs.).
- Reconnect the body wire harness connector (2) to the side impact sensor on the quarter inner panel.
- Reinstall the quarter trim panel onto the quarter inner panel over the rear wheel housing. Refer to PANEL, QUARTER TRIM, INSTALLATION .
- Do not reconnect the battery negative cable at this time. The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Verification Test procedure should be performed following service of any SRS component. Refer to STANDARD PROCEDURE .