Knee Blocker Air Bag - Assembly

ASSEMBLY

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 Inflatable Knee Blocker (IKB) airbag, or becoming entrapped between the IKB airbag cushion and the IKB airbag trim cover. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, the Passenger Air Bag (PAB) door must never be painted. Replacement PAB doors are serviced in the original colors. Paint may change the way in which the material of the PAB door 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 Inflatable Knee Blocker (IKB) airbag trim cover. If the IKB airbag is deployed, the IKB airbag unit and the trim cover must both be replaced.





1. Place the Inflatable Knee Blocker (IKB) airbag trim cover (1) on a suitable work surface with the airbag receptacle facing up. Be certain to take the proper precautions to prevent the trim cover from receiving cosmetic damage during the following procedures.
2. Carefully align and engage each of the 9 hooks (4) on the lower edge of the IKB airbag housing (3) into the 9 windows in the lower wall of the trim cover receptacle.
3. Rotate the upper edge of the IKB airbag housing upward toward the upper vertical wall of the receptacle on the back of the trim cover.
4. Engage each of the 8 hooks (2) on the upper edge of the IKB airbag housing into the 8 windows in the upper vertical wall of the receptacle on the back of the trim cover.
5. Reinstall the IKB airbag and trim cover unit (1) into the instrument panel. Knee Blocker Air Bag - Installation.

WARNING: DO NOT CONNECT THE BATTERY NEGATIVE CABLE. PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH MAY RESULT IF THE SYSTEM TEST IS NOT PERFORMED FIRST. FOR THE SYSTEM TEST, Supplemental Restraints Verification Test