Check Safety-Related Components, Cars Damaged In A Collision

Cars with triggered seat-belt tensioner and or side airbag







The following components must be replaced when repairing a car in which the seat-belt tensioners and/or the side airbags have been triggered.

The control module can be used a maximum of three times for activating the side airbags. See Technical description SRS control module.

Check and if necessary repair or replace the wiring harness for the side impact sensor, side airbag and seat-belt tensioner.

Cars with a triggered seat-belt tensioner
When repairing a car with a triggered seat-belt tensioner, the following components must always be changed.
- All seat belts and belt tensioners in the front seats (1). See Front seat belts with belt tensioners triggered 5D or Front seat belts with belt tensioners triggered 3D.
- All seat belts in the rear seat that were used during the collision (2). See Rear seatbelts.

Cars with a triggered side airbag







When repairing a car with a triggered side airbag, the following components must always be changed
- Side impact sensor, side airbag and backrest upholstery (3). See Side impact sensor, Side airbag and Seat upholstery, backrest.


WARNING
The backrest upholstery cover must always be replaced after a side airbag has been triggered. A damaged or repaired cover is liable to affect the performance of the side airbag.


Cars with a triggered airbag







When repairing a car with a triggered airbag, the following components must always be changed
- Steering wheel, airbag, and steering column assembly (1) See Steering wheel, Airbag, driver and Steering column assembly.


- Contact roller (2). See Contact roller.
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- Control module (3). See SRS control module.
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- All seat belts and belt tensioners in the front seats (4). See Front seat belts with belt tensioners triggered. 5D or Front seat belts with belt tensioners triggered. 3D.
Procedures
- All seat belts in the rear seat that were used during the collision (5) See Rear seat belts.
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- Passenger airbag (where applicable) and dashboard (6) See Airbag passenger and Dashboard.
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- Side airbags, with respective sensor and backrest upholstery, that were detonated during the collision (7) See Side airbag, Side impact sensor and Seat upholstery, backrest.
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The following components must be inspected for burn damage and deformation:
- knee shield
- SRS wiring harness
- Windscreen

Change damaged components. See Knee shield driver, knee shield, passenger, and Windscreen.
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WARNING
Change all the seat belts it it cannot be determined with certainty which belts were in use when the collision occurred.
The seat belt on the passenger side must always be changed, even if it has not been used. This is because the seat-belt tensioner has been triggered.