Air Bag, Knee Blocker: Assembly: Assembly
To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.
To avoid serious or fatal injury, service of this unit should be performed only by Chrysler-trained and authorized dealer service technicians. Failure to take the proper precautions or to follow the proper procedures could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper airbag deployment and possible occupant injuries.
To avoid serious or fatal injury, use extreme care to prevent any foreign material from entering the knee blocker airbag (also known as the Knee AirBag/KAB or the Inflatable Knee Blocker/IKB), or becoming entrapped between the airbag cushion and the deployment door. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.
To avoid serious or fatal injury, the knee blocker airbag (also known as the Knee AirBag/KAB or Inflatable Knee Blocker/IKB) deployment door must never be painted. Replacement deployment doors are serviced in the original colors. Paint may change the way in which the material of the deployment door responds to an airbag deployment. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.
The following procedures can be used to replace the knee blocker airbag (also known as the Knee AirBag/KAB or Inflatable Knee Blocker/IKB) deployment door. If the airbag is deployed, the airbag and the deployment door must both be replaced.
- Place the knee blocker airbag (also known as the Knee AirBag/KAB or the Inflatable Knee Blocker/IKB) deployment door (3) on a suitable work surface with the airbag receptacle facing up. Be certain to take the proper precautions to prevent the trim surface of the deployment door from receiving cosmetic damage during the following procedures.
- Carefully align and engage each of the six hooks (4) on the lower edge of the airbag housing (1) into the six windows in the lower wall of the deployment door receptacle.
- Rotate the upper edge of the airbag housing upward toward the upper vertical wall of the receptacle on the back of the deployment door.
- Engage each of the five hooks (2) on the upper edge of the airbag housing into the five windows in the upper vertical wall of the receptacle on the back of the deployment door.
- Reinstall the airbag and deployment door unit into the instrument panel. Refer to AIR BAG, KNEE BLOCKER, INSTALLATION .