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Front Knee Airbags Overview







Front Knee Airbags Overview

Follow all safety precautions when working on pyrotechnic components. Refer to => [ Restraint System Components, Safety Precautions and Testing Procedures ] Service Precautions.






1 Knee bar

Driver side instrument panel cover on vehicles with knee airbag

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Driver Side Instrument Panel Cover ] Driver Side Instrument Panel Cover

2 Bolt

2.5 Nm

Quantity: 5

3 Bolt

2.5 Nm

Quantity: 2

For knee bar to instrument panel bracket

4 Bolt

2.5 Nm

Quantity: 2

For the driver footwell air guide channel to the left => [ (Item 9) Left support ] and right => [ (Item 11) Right support ] supports

5 Driver footwell air guide channel

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Remove bolts (below knee airbag ) and (above knee airbag). ] Driver Knee Airbag

6 Driver side knee airbag

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Driver Knee Airbag ] Driver Knee Airbag

7 Nut

9 Nm

Quantity: 4

For driver side knee airbag to left supports => [ (Item 9) Left support ] and right supports => [ (Item 11) Right support ]

8 Bolt

9 Left support

Driver side

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Left and Right Driver Knee Airbag Supports ] Left and Right Driver Knee Airbag Supports

10 Bolt

11 Right support

Driver side

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Left and Right Driver Knee Airbag Supports ] Left and Right Driver Knee Airbag Supports

12 Angle bracket

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Angled Bracket above Driver Knee Airbag ] Angled Bracket above Driver Knee Airbag

13 Bolt

9 Nm

Quantity: 2

For angled bracket to central tube

14 Bracket

For steering column

15 Central Tube

16 Right support

Passenger side

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Left and Right Passenger Knee Airbag Supports ] Left and Right Passenger Knee Airbag Supports

17 Left support

Passenger side

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Left and Right Passenger Knee Airbag Supports ] Left and Right Passenger Knee Airbag Supports

18 Bolt

9 Nm

Quantity: 4

19 lower support

Installed inside the glove compartment

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Then remove knee airbag nuts on lower support. ] Passenger Knee Airbag

20 Passenger side knee airbag

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Passenger Knee Airbag ] Passenger Knee Airbag

21 Nut

9 Nm

for knee airbag => [ (Item 20) Passenger side knee airbag ] to lower support

22 Glove compartment

for vehicles with knee airbags

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Passenger Knee Airbag ] Passenger Knee Airbag

23 Bolt

3 Nm

Quantity: 4

For attaching the knee airbag => [ (Item 20) Passenger side knee airbag ] to the glove compartment

24 Bolt

2.5 Nm

Quantity: 7

For attaching the glove compartment to the central tube