Passenger Air Bag - 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 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.

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury when removing a deployed airbag, rubber gloves, eye protection, and a long-sleeved shirt should be worn. There may be deposits on the airbag unit and other interior surfaces. In large doses, these deposits may cause irritation to the skin and eyes.

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 instrument panel top pad. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, the instrument panel top pad must never be painted. Replacement top pads are serviced in the original colors. Paint may change the way in which the material of the top pad 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. Service and Repair . 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. Service and Repair .





1. Place the instrument panel cover (1) on a suitable work surface with the receptacle of the airbag retainer or chute (2) facing up. Be certain to take the proper precautions to prevent the cover from receiving cosmetic damage during the following procedures.
2. Carefully position the passenger airbag housing into the airbag retainer receptacle.





3. Engage the hooks (2) on the passenger airbag housing (1) through the windows in the forward flange of the airbag retainer or chute on the underside of the instrument panel cover.
4. Roll the bottom of the airbag housing rearward to engage the two airbag housing mounting tabs (3) over the retainer studs on each side of the airbag retainer on the underside of the cover.
5. Install and tighten the two nuts that secure the airbag mounting tabs to the retainer studs. Tighten the nuts to 10 Nm (89 in. lbs.).
6. Reinstall the passenger airbag and instrument panel cover onto the instrument panel structural support or armature as a unit. Instrument Panel Cover - Installation.
7. 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. Service and Repair.