Checking Safety Related Components After a Collision

Cars With Triggered Seat-belt Tensioner And/or Side Airbag

When repairing a car with a triggered seat-belt tensioner and/or side airbag only, change components as described below.

The control module can be used a maximum of three times for activating a seat-belt tensioner and/or side airbag.

Check and if necessary repair or replace the wiring harness for the side impact sensor, side airbag and seat-belt tensioner

Cars With A Triggered Seat-belt Tensioner




When repairing a car with a triggered seat-belt tensioner, the following components must always be changed:
^ all front-seat seat belts with seat-belt tensioner (1)
^ all rear-seat seat belts in use when the collision occurred (2).

Cars With A Triggered Side Airbag




When repairing a car with a triggered side airbag, the following components must always be changed:
^ side impact sensor and side airbag (3).

Cars With A Triggered Airbag




When repairing a car with a triggered airbag, the following components must always be changed:
1 steering wheel, airbag and steering column assembly
2 coil spring (contact roller)
3 Control module
4 all front-seat seat belts with seat-belt tensioner
5 all rear-seat seat belts in use when the collision occurred
6 passenger airbag (if fitted).

The following components must be inspected for burn damage and deformation:
^ knee shield
^ SRS wiring harness
^ windscreen.

Change Damaged Components.

WARNING Change all the seat belts if it cannot be determined with certainty which belts were in use when the collision occurred.

The seat belt on the passenger side must always be changed, even if it has not been used. This is because the seat-belt tensioner has been triggered.