Driver Airbag Cover: Removal
- Open hood.
- Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
- Wait two minutes for the system reserve capacitor to discharge before servicing any airbag components.
- Remove the driver airbag (Refer to ELECTRICAL/RESTRAINTS/DRIVER AIRBAG - REMOVAL) .
- With driver airbag removed, pick a corner and push down on the inflator or latch hook mounting plate until the latch hooks push out of the driver airbag cover. See Fig 1. On two of the latch hook locations, there is a tab on top of the latch hooks that retains the DAB. Before pushing down on the latch hook plate, pull up on the DAB mounting pins and push a small screwdriver between the tab and the DAB cover. Then continue with normal removal.
1 - INFLATOR OR LATCH HOOK MOUNTING PLATE 2 - LATCH HOOK 3 - DRIVER AIRBAG COVER - Remove driver airbag from driver airbag cover. See Fig 2.