Passenger Air Bag - Installation

INSTALLATION

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with air bags, 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 when removing a deployed airbag, rubber gloves, eye protection, and a long-sleeved shirt should be worn. There may be deposits on the airbag unit and other interior surfaces. In large doses, these deposits may cause irritation to the skin and eyes.

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, use extreme care to prevent any foreign material from entering the passenger airbag, or becoming entrapped between the passenger airbag cushion and the instrument panel trim cover. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, the instrument panel trim cover must never be painted. Replacement trim covers are serviced in the original colors. Paint may change the way in which the material of the trim cover responds to an airbag deployment. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.

NOTE: The following procedure is for replacement of an ineffective or damaged passenger airbag. If the airbag is ineffective or damaged, but not deployed, review the recommended procedures for handling non-deployed supplemental restraints. Service and Repair . If the passenger airbag has been deployed, review the recommended procedures for service after a supplemental restraint deployment before removing the airbag from the vehicle. Service and Repair .





1. Place the instrument panel trim cover (3) on a suitable work surface with the airbag chute/retainer (1) 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 position the passenger airbag housing (2) into the airbag retainer receptacle.
3. Work around the perimeter of the unit engaging each of the hooks (4) on the passenger airbag housing through the windows in the forward and rearward vertical walls of the retainer receptacle.
4. Position the instrument panel trim cover and passenger airbag over the instrument panel structural support (5) as a unit.
5. Lift the trim cover up from the instrument panel structural support far enough to access and reconnect the instrument panel wire harness connectors (7) to the passenger airbag inflator. Be certain that the latches and lock on each connector are fully engaged.
6. Reinstall all of the fasteners and components that secure the trim cover to the instrument panel structural support. Instrument Panel Cover - Installation.
7. Reach through the upper storage bin/glove box opening of the instrument panel to install and tighten the two screws (6) that secure the passenger airbag lower bracket to the instrument panel structural support. Tighten the screws to 8 Nm (71 in. lbs.).
8. Reinstall the upper storage bin/glove box into the instrument panel. Instrument Panel Bin - Installation.
9. Reinstall the glove box into the instrument panel. Instrument Panel Glove Box - Installation.
10. 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. Service and Repair.