Front Thorax Airbag With Igniter, Removing And Installing: Removing
-- Pay attention to the safety precautions when working with pyrotechnic components. Refer to SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .
Risk of airbag deployment.
Risk of injury.
- Check if the airbag indicator lamp turns on or blinks.
- If the airbag indicator lamp turns on or blinks, the DTC memory must be read.
- If >>short circuit to positive<< is a DTC memory entry, disconnect the battery. Refer to BATTERY, DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING .
- If there is a DTC memory entry, the Guided Fault Finding instructions on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester must always be followed.
- If the airbag indicator lamp does not turn on or blink, or there is no DTC memory entry with >>short circuit to positive<< : switch off the ignition, keep the ignition key outside of the vehicle and wait 10 seconds.
-- Remove the backrest cover. Refer to BACKREST COVER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
TIP:
Remove the cushion on the backrest in the thorax airbag (side sill side) just until the thorax airbag is accessible.
-- Disengage the cover and cushion on the backrest and free it up. Refer to BACKREST COVER AND CUSHION, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
-- Push the cushion on the backrest side sill side in the area of the thorax airbag to the side.
Pyrotechnical components can deploy unintentionally.
Risk of injury.
- Discharge the static electricity: quickly touch the door striker.
-- Release the connector lock -3- with a small flat-head screwdriver -arrow-.
-- Disconnect the connector -2- from the thorax airbag igniter.
-- Carefully pull the cover and cushion near the thorax airbag as far forward as possible.
-- Remove the bolt -1-.
-- Disengage the thorax airbag -4- with the hooks -5- from the backrest frame.
-- Remove the thorax airbag downward from the pocket sewn into the cover.