Occupant Restraint Controller - Removal

REMOVAL

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with side curtain airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) diagnosis or service. The ORC contains a rollover sensor, which enables the system to deploy the side SRS components in the event of a vehicle rollover event. If an ORC is accidentally rolled during service while still connected to battery power, the side SRS components will deploy. 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 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, never strike or drop the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC), as it can damage the impact sensor or affect its calibration. The ORC contains the impact sensor, which enables the system to deploy the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) components. If an ORC is accidentally dropped during service, the module must be scrapped and replaced with a new unit. Failure to observe this warning could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper SRS component deployment.





1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable. Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before further service.
2. Remove the center console from the top of the floor panel transmission tunnel (4). Floor Console - Removal.
3. Remove the console floor duct from the floor panel transmission tunnel. Floor Console Duct - Removal.

NOTE: If equipped with a cable-type floor shifter, it is not necessary to disconnect the shift cable from the shifter.

4. If equipped with a floor shifter:
a. Disconnect the wire harness connectors from the shifter.
b. Remove the four nuts that secure the shifter to the weld studs on the floor panel transmission tunnel.
c. Remove the shifter from the transmission tunnel. If it is a cable-type shifter, carefully position the shifter and cable out of the way over the right side of the transmission tunnel.
5. Remove the switch bank and bezel from the instrument panel center stack. Instrument Cluster Switch Pod - Removal.
6. Remove the Telematics Gateway Module (TGM) from the instrument panel center stack. Telematics Gateway Module - Removal.
7. Disconnect the instrument panel and body wire harness (3) connectors from the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) (1) connector receptacles located on the rearward facing side of the module.
8. Reach through the instrument panel center stack openings to access and cut the sound deadening material along the right side of the ORC.
9. Reach around and behind the left side of the instrument panel center stack support structure to access and cut the sound deadening material along the forward-facing side of the ORC.
10. Pull the sound deadening material over the left side of the ORC far enough to access the mounting provisions.
11. Remove the three screws (2) that secure the ORC to the top of the floor panel transmission tunnel.
12. Remove the ORC from the vehicle.