Head Curtain 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.
-- Lower the headliner and place it on the seats. Refer to HEADLINER, LOWERING .
-- Remove the bolt -3- for the head curtain airbag hook -2- from the A-pillar.
-- Unclip the clips -1- from the A-pillar.
-- Unclip the head curtain airbag clips from the body using Clip Pliers:VAS 211 001 .
-- Do this by guiding the plier tips into the openings, press the clip catches -1- for the head curtain airbag -2- together -arrows- and remove the clip.
Pyrotechnical components can deploy unintentionally.
Risk of injury.
- Discharge the static electricity: quickly touch the door striker.
-- Pull out the connector lock -2- -arrow- and disconnect the connector -1-.
-- Remove the bolt -3- from the head curtain airbag.
-- Disengage the head curtain airbag -1- from the mount on the body -arrow B- and slightly push rearward.
-- Disengage the rear head curtain airbag from the mount on the body -arrow A- and remove.