Airbag and seat belt tensioner wires, repairing
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In addition to the general repairs on wiring harnesses, observe the following methods and instructions for repairs on airbag- and seat belt tensioner wires:
CAUTION:
- Airbag and seat belt tensioner can fail.
- Faulty repairs performed on airbag and seat belt tensioner system can lead to malfunction in passenger protection.
- When performing repairs on airbag and seat belt tensioner wiring harness, use only terminals, connectors and wires designated for it Parts Catalog (ETKA).
NOTE:
- Only use Wiring Harness Repair Kit VAS1978 or Wiring Harness Repair Set VAS1978A to repair wires of airbag- and seat belt tensioner wiring harness.
- Pay attention to decals designating high voltage components. When performing repairs, residual voltage must be discharged. Refer to 69 - PASSENGER PROTECTION - AIRBAGS, SEAT BELTS in BODY INTERIOR article.
NOTE:
- A maximum of two repairs may be performed when repairing wires of airbag- and seat belt tensioner system. Repairs increase the electrical resistance in the wire and may trigger malfunctions in the system On Board Diagnostic (OBD).
- When repairing wiring harness of airbag- and seat belt tensioner system, crimp connections must always be heat-shrunk to prevent corrosion.
- Wiring harness repairs may only be performed using yellow wires.
- Do not wrap the repair point again into the vehicle-specific wiring harness and mark the repair point quite visibly with yellow insulating tape.
NOTE:
- Repairs in the area of the airbag or seat belt tensioner should be performed a maximum of 30 cm from the next terminal housing. Together with the identification via yellow insulating tape, this procedure makes it possible to obtain a quick overview of previously performed repairs.
- Wires to the deploying units (airbags) have a wire-twisting with a length of lay of 20 mm ± 5 in series production. This length of lay is guaranteed via the norm part numbers for wire pairs in series production and must be observed strictly for the repair lengths of twisted wires.
NOTE:
- During repair work, wires to deploying units (airbags) must have the same length. When twisting together wires - 1 - and - 2 - , observe strictly the length of lay of A=20 mm ± 5.
- While doing this, no section of the wire, e.g. in area of welded connectors - arrow - , may be greater than B = 100 mm without twisting of the wires.