Passenger Airbag Unit

Removing

WARNING:

Always read the General Safety Precautions before working on airbags, belt tensioners and battery cut-out units (pyrotechnical components). Refer to AIRBAG, BELT TENSIONER AND BATTERY CUT-OUT UNITS, GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .
Note the special instructions for the driver and passenger airbags. Refer to DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAG, SPECIAL NOTES .

-- Disconnect the battery. Refer to [For transmission(s) 0A4, 02E, 09G, 02Q] [For engine(s) BGP, BPY, BGQ, CBTA, CBUA, CCTA, CBFA] Removal and Installation

-- Remove side instrument panel cover. Refer to INSTRUMENT PANEL SIDE COVERS

-- Remove center cover. Refer to COVER, CENTER, GOLF FROM MY 04

-- Remove the glove compartment. Refer to GLOVE COMPARTMENT

WARNING:

Electrostatic discharges can lead to unintended deployment of the airbag. Therefore, the technician must discharge static electricity from the body before disconnecting the ignition and ground wiring. This is done, for example, by briefly touching the vehicle body or the door striker pin.

-- Disconnect wiring harness from front passenger side airbag.

-- Remove the two bolts -1- (9 Nm).

-- Remove the two bolts -2- and -3- (9 Nm).

-- Remove front passenger's airbag and brackets -4- and -5- from mounts.

Fig 1: Passengers Side Airbag Unit Removing/Installing Components

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Installation

-- Install in reverse order of removal.

NOTE:

If the passenger airbag housing is made of plastic, then use locking compound D 197 300 A2 to install the bolts -2- and -3- (9 Nm).

Fig 2: Passengers Side Airbag Unit Removing/Installing Components

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Check whether an additional ground cable must be routed in the vehicle:

WARNING:

If a passenger airbag is replaced, an additional ground cable must be routed in the vehicle in some cases.

NOTE:

The example shows a single-stage airbag module. For dual-stage airbag modules, the evaluation as to whether an additional ground cable must be routed in the vehicle is done similarly.

-- Check whether a ground wire is routed on the passenger airbag housing:

With a passenger airbag with ground line -1-, the wiring harness -2- is a three-conductor harness, and in addition, another cable -3- is secured on the threaded pins -4-.
With a passenger airbag without ground line -5-, the wiring harness -6- is a two-connector harness and no additional cable is secured on the threaded pins -7-.

Fig 3: Identifying Passenger Airbag Ground Line And Wiring Harnesses

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On a passenger airbag without ground wire, route an additional ground wire in vehicle:

NOTE:

For the following work, use a cable (cross section 1 mm, length 600 mm) from the Wiring Harness Repair KitVAS 1978 or Wiring Harness Repair KitVAS 1978A.

-- Secure end of ground line with bolt -1- on right side of passenger airbag.

-- Route ground line correctly to right side of passenger footwell.

NOTE:

Lengthen the ground cable as needed with suitable instruments from the Wiring Harness Repair KitVAS 1978 or Wiring Harness Repair KitVAS 1978A.

-- Secure other end of ground cable to ground pin -2-.

Fig 4: Identifying Passenger Airbag Ground Line And Ground Pin

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-- Switch on ignition.

WARNING:

Make sure no one is in the vehicle.

-- Connect the battery. Refer to [For transmission(s) 0A4, 02E, 09G, 02Q] [For engine(s) BGP, BPY, BGQ, CBTA, CBUA, CCTA, CBFA] Removal and Installation .