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Air Bag Control Module: Service and Repair







Airbag Control Module J234

Follow all Safety Precautions when working on an airbag. Refer to => [ Airbag Safety Precautions ] Airbag Safety Precautions.

Removing

- Disconnect the battery.

- Remove cover - 1 - and remove screw - 2 - (1.5 Nm).

- Pull left footwell trim - 3 - out of catches.

- Remove right footwell trim the same way.






To provide a better overview, the adjacent components are only partially shown in the illustration.

- Grasp, from passenger side footwell out, with Hook for Front End (3370) behind catch - 1 - from connector - 2 -.

- Pull Hook for Front End (3370) outward and release securing mechanism from connector.

- Swing bracket - 3 - back - arrow - and disconnect bracket from control module - 4 -.

- Remove three nuts - arrows - (9 Nm).

- Remove the control module from the vehicle.






Installation

- Install in reverse order of removal.

- Turn on the ignition.

Make sure that no persons are in the vehicle.

- Connect the battery.

- If the control unit was replaced, it must be coded. Adapting components (coding). Refer to => [ Components, Adapting ] Components, Adapting