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Driver Air Bag - Assembly





ASSEMBLY

CHRYSLER

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, service of this unit should be performed only by Chrysler-trained and authorized dealer service technicians. Failure to take the proper precautions or to follow the proper procedures could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper airbag deployment and possible occupant injuries.

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, use extreme care to prevent any foreign material from entering the Driver AirBag (DAB), or becoming entrapped between the DAB cushion and the DAB trim cover. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, the Driver AirBag (DAB) trim cover must never be painted. Replacement trim covers are serviced in the original colors. Paint may change the way in which the material of the trim cover responds to an airbag deployment. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.

NOTE: The following procedures can be used to replace the Driver AirBag (DAB) trim cover for service of cosmetic damage issues. If the DAB is ineffective or deployed, the entire DAB and trim cover must be replaced as a unit. The trim cover will be irreparably damaged if it is removed from the DAB housing and MUST be replaced with a new trim cover.





1. Place the Driver AirBag housing (4) on a suitable clean and dry work surface with the cushion (5) facing up.
2. Position the DAB trim cover (1) over the housing. Be certain that the twelve windows (2) of the trim cover are aligned with the twelve inward pointing hooks (3) of the airbag housing. All of the trim cover windows will align with all of the housing hooks correctly only in one position.
3. Insert the edges of the trim cover between the airbag cushion and the airbag housing. Be certain that the trim cover and housing are still properly aligned.
4. Using hand pressure, push the trim cover firmly and evenly down into the housing far enough that each of the inward pointing hooks of the housing is engage through a window in the trim cover.
5. Inspect around the entire perimeter of the unit being certain each of the twelve hooks on the DAB housing is engaged through the appropriate window in the trim cover.
6. After the DAB has been assembled, try pulling the perimeters of the trim cover and the airbag housing away from each other. This action will fully seat the housing hooks into the trim cover windows.
7. Reinstall the driver airbag onto the steering wheel. Driver Air Bag - Installation.

DODGE

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, service of this unit should be performed only by Chrysler-trained and authorized dealer service technicians. Failure to take the proper precautions or to follow the proper procedures could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper airbag deployment and possible occupant injuries.

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, use extreme care to prevent any foreign material from entering the Driver AirBag (DAB), or becoming entrapped between the DAB cushion and the DAB trim cover. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, the Driver AirBag (DAB) trim cover must never be painted. Replacement trim covers are serviced in the original colors. Paint may change the way in which the material of the trim cover responds to an airbag deployment. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.

NOTE: The following procedures can be used to replace the Driver AirBag (DAB) trim cover for service of cosmetic damage issues. If the DAB is ineffective or deployed, the entire DAB and trim cover must be replaced as a unit.





1. Place the driver airbag trim cover (2) on a suitable clean and dry work surface with the receptacle facing up. Be certain to take the proper precautions to prevent the trim cover from receiving cosmetic damage during the following procedures.
2. Position the driver airbag housing (1), inflator, and cushion as a unit over the trim cover receptacle.
3. Using hand pressure, push the airbag housing firmly and evenly down into the trim cover receptacle far enough that the hooks (3) of the housing are aligned with the windows in the vertical walls of the receptacle.
4. Work around the perimeter of the unit engaging each of the thirteen hooks on the driver airbag housing through the thirteen windows in the walls of the trim cover receptacle.
5. After the driver airbag has been assembled, try pulling the trim cover and the airbag housing away from each other. This action will fully seat the edges of the windows into the cradles of the hooks and the vertical walls of the receptacle beneath the locating tabs (4) of the housing.





6. Before reinstalling the airbag onto the steering wheel, check that the blocking tab (1) in each of the trim cover (2) windows is oriented over the airbag housing hook (3) as shown.
7. Reinstall the driver airbag onto the steering wheel. Driver Air Bag - Installation.

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