Component Location Overview - Airbag Crash Sensors

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The overview shows a LHD vehicle as an example. For RHD vehicles the layout is a mirror image.

Fig 1: Airbag Crash Sensors Component Location

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Passenger Side Front Airbag Crash Sensor -G284-
- Component location: right side of lock carrier
- Refer to FRONT AIRBAG CRASH SENSOR, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
Bolt
- 9 Nm
Front Passenger Thorax Airbag Crash Sensor -G180-
- Component location: inside the door
- Refer to FRONT THORAX AIRBAG CRASH SENSORS (PRESSURE SENSORS) SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
- Refer to Driver Thorax Airbag Crash Sensor -G179- / Front Passenger Thorax Airbag Crash Sensor -G180-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
- Make sure the seal is seated correctly. Replace the crash sensor if damaged or deformed
- The tabs must audibly engage
Passenger Side Rear Thorax Airbag Crash Sensor -G257-
- Component location: behind the C-pillar lower trim panel
- Refer to Driver Side Rear Thorax Airbag Crash Sensor -G256- / Passenger Side Rear Thorax Airbag Crash Sensor -G257-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
Bolt
- 9 Nm
Bolt
- 9 Nm
Driver Side Rear Thorax Airbag Crash Sensor -G256-
- Component location: behind the C-pillar lower trim panel
- Refer to Driver Side Rear Thorax Airbag Crash Sensor -G256- / Passenger Side Rear Thorax Airbag Crash Sensor -G257-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
Driver Thorax Airbag Crash Sensor -G179-
- Component location: inside the door
- Refer to FRONT THORAX AIRBAG CRASH SENSORS (PRESSURE SENSORS) SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
- Refer to Driver Thorax Airbag Crash Sensor -G179- / Front Passenger Thorax Airbag Crash Sensor -G180-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
- Make sure the seal is seated correctly. Replace the crash sensor if damaged or deformed
- The tabs must audibly engage
Bolt
- 9 Nm
Driver Front Airbag Crash Sensor -G283-
- Component location: left side of lock carrier
- Refer to FRONT AIRBAG CRASH SENSOR, REMOVING AND INSTALLING