Side - Quad Cab

SIDE - QUAD CAB

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supplemental restraint system 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 supplemental restraint system. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.

WARNING: 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 curtain airbags. 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 supplemental restraint deployment.




1. Adjust the front seat to its most forward position for easiest access to the B-pillar trim.

2. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable. Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before further service.

3. Remove the nut (3) that secures the stud of the side impact sensor (2) to the inner B-pillar (1).

4. Reach through the large hole above the retractor mounting hole in the inner B-pillar to access the side impact sensor and disengage the anti-rotation pin and mounting stud from the holes in the inner B-pillar.

5. Pull the side impact sensor out through the large hole in the B-pillar far enough to access and disconnect the body wire harness connector (4) from the sensor connector receptacle.

6. Remove the side impact sensor from the B-pillar.