Check Safety-Related Components When Repairing Cars Damaged In A Collision

Check Safety-related Components When Repairing Cars Damaged In A Collision

Cars with triggered seat-belt tensioner and/or side airbag







When repairing a car with only a triggered seat-belt tensioner and/or side airbag, the components must be replaced as follows.

The control module can be used a maximum of three times for activating a seat-belt tensioner and/or side airbag.

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 front-seat seat belts with seat-belt tensioner (1)
- all rear-seat seat belts in use when the collision occurred (2).







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 back upholstery bag (3).

WARNING: The back upholstery bag must always be replaced when the side airbag has been triggered. Damaged or repaired back upholstery bag can impair the function 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)







- coil spring (contact roller) (2)
- Control module (3)
- all front-seat seat belts with seat-belt tensioner (4)
- all rear-seat seat belts in use when the collision occurred (5)
- Passenger side airbag (if fitted) as well as dashboard (6)
- Side air bags, with respective sensor and upholstery bag, which were triggered in the collision (7)

The following components must be inspected for burn damage and deformation:
- Knee shield
- SRS wiring harness
- windscreen.

Change damaged components.

WARNING:
- Change all the seat belts if 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.