Deployment Outside The Vehicle < Driver's Air Bag Module >
WARNING:
Wait at least 60 seconds after disconnecting the battery cables before doing any further work (Refer to SERVICE PRECAUTIONS
).
WARNING:
- Battery posts, terminals and related accessories contain lead and lead compounds. WASH HANDS AFTER HANDLING.
- Deploy the air bag in a wide, flat area at least 6 meters (20 feet) away from obstacles and other people.
- Do not perform deployment outside if a strong wind is blowing. If there is a slight breeze, place the air bag module downwind from the battery.
- Disconnect the negative (-) and positive (+) battery cables from the battery terminals, and then remove the battery from the vehicle.CAUTION: Once disconnected, both electrodes of the steering wheel-driver's air bag module connector short automatically to prevent accidental deployment caused by static etc. Still, in consideration of the accidental deployment, store the steering wheel-driver's air bag module on flat place with deployment surface facing up. Also, do not put anything on it.
- Remove the steering wheel-driver's air bag module assembly from the vehicle (Refer to AIR BAG MODULE(S) AND CLOCK SPRING ).
- Prepare two wires longer than 6 meters (20 feet) for deployment and connect the terminals in one end to short-circuit. This is to prevent accidental deployment caused by static etc.CAUTION: Never fail to do Step 4 in order to prevent accidental deployment caused by static.
- Touch the vehicle's body with bare hands to discharge static in you.
- Release the secured connector of the steering wheel-driver's air bag module assembly to cut off the connector from the harness with a nipper and etc. Connect deployment harnesses to each of two separated harnesses and cover the area with insulator tape.
- Use a rope to tie the steering wheel-driver's air bag module assembly to secure old tires with wheels.
- Route the deployment harness connected to steering wheel-driver's air bag module beneath old tires with wheels. Then, secure the steering wheel-driver's air bag module assembly with the deployment surface facing up.
- Place three old tires without wheels on the tire secured with the steering wheel-driver's air bag module.
Courtesy of MITSUBISHI MOTOR SALES OF AMERICA.
WARNING:- Before deployment, check carefully to be sure that no one is nearby.
- The inflator will be quite hot immediately following the deployment, so wait at least 30 minutes to allow it to cool before attempting to handle it. Although not poisonous, do not inhale gas from air bag deployment. See Deployed Air Bag Module Disposal and Operated Seat Belt Pre-tensioner (Refer to DEPLOYED AIR BAG MODULE AND OPERATED SEAT BELT PRE-TENSIONER DISPOSAL ) for post-deployment handling instructions.
- If the air bag fails to deploy, do not go near the module.
- At a location as far away from the air bag module as possible, and from a shielded position, disconnect the two connected wires from each other, and connect them, to the two terminals of the battery (which has been removed from the vehicle) to deploy the air bag.
- Discard the deployed air bag module as specified in Deployed Air Bag Module and Operated Seat Belt Pre-tensioner Disposal (Refer to DEPLOYED AIR BAG MODULE AND OPERATED SEAT BELT PRE-TENSIONER DISPOSAL ).