Inspections Required After an Accident

CAUTION: Certain SRS components must be replaced after a frontal crash involving air bag deployment.

In all types of accidents regardless of "Air Bag" deployment, visually inspect all of the following components and replace as required:
- Driver air bag assembly
- Passenger air bag assembly
- Steering wheel
- SRS coil assembly
- Steering column
- Knee bolster and instrument panel mounting attachments
- Driver seat and belt
- Passenger seat and belt
- SDM

Be sure to replace Sensing and Diagnostic Module (SDM) in accordance with "SDM Replacement Guidelines". The SDM can be reused if the airbag did not deploy and it falls in the criteria described in this workshop manual.

CAUTION: Refer to SDM replacement Guidelines below for important information on SDM replacement in both deployment and non-deployment crashes.

SDM Replacement Guidelines
1. In case that the air bag has been deployed, replace the SDM.
2. When DTC 51, 53 and 71 are set.
3. When SDM fell down from a 100 cm (3.3 feet) height.

All the above information are SDM replacement Guidelines. Inspection is needed also on the following.

Inspect Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) coil assembly wiring and steering wheel for any signs of scorching meting or damage due to excessive heat. If coil assembly wire or steering wheel is damaged replace them. The steering column and wheel must be dimensionally checked to determine if they are damaged.
Never use SRS parts from another vehicle. This does not include remanufactured parts purchased from an authorized Retailer they may be used for SRS repairs. Do not attempt to repair the SDM, the SRS harness, the SRS coil assembly, the air bag assembly, the steering wheel, or the steering column. Service of these items is replacement only.

Verify replacement part numbers.

CAUTION: Proper operation of the Sensing and Diagnostic Module (SDM) and Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) requiring that any repairs made relating to the vehicle structure must be done according to the original production configuration.