Impact Sensor - Installation - Side - B-Pillar

SENSOR, Impact

SIDE - B-PILLAR

INSTALLATION

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.
- To avoid serious or fatal injury, never strike or drop the side impact sensor, as it can damage the impact sensor or affect its calibration. The side impact sensor enables the system to deploy the side Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) components. If an impact sensor is accidentally dropped during service, the sensor must be scrapped and replaced with a new unit. Failure to observe this warning could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper side SRS component deployment.







1. Position the side impact sensor (2) onto the inner B-pillar (1). Be certain that the locator pin on the sensor is fully engaged in the locator hole of the inner B-pillar.
2. Install and tighten the screw (3) that secures the sensor to the inner B-pillar. Tighten the screw to 11 N.m (97 in. lbs.).
3. Reconnect the body wire harness connector (4) to the sensor connector receptacle.
4. Reinstall the lower trim onto the inside of the Pillar.
5. Do not reconnect the battery negative cable at this time. The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Verification Test procedure should be performed following service of any SRS component.