Air Bag, Passenger: Disassembly
To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbags, airbag curtains, knee blocker, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect the Intelligent Battery Sensor (IBS)/negative battery cable assembly from the negative battery post, 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 FCA US LLC-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 passenger airbag, or from 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 passenger airbag door must never be painted. Replacement airbag doors are serviced in the original colors. Paint may change the way in which the material of the airbag 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 Passenger AirBag (PAB) door. If the PAB is deployed, the PAB and the PAB door must both be replaced.
- Disconnect and isolate the negative battery cable. If equipped with an Intelligent Battery Sensor (IBS), disconnect the IBS connector first before disconnecting the negative battery cable. Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before further service.
- Remove the Passenger AirBag (PAB) from the instrument panel. Refer to AIR BAG, PASSENGER, REMOVAL .
- Place the PAB on a suitable work surface with the PAB door (2) facing down. If the PAB door will be reused, be certain to take the proper precautions to prevent the door from receiving cosmetic damage during the following procedures.
- Disengage each of the 12 hooks (3) of the PAB housing (1) from the 12 windows in the vertical walls of the receptacle on the back of the PAB door. To disengage the hooks:
- Use hand pressure to push the PAB housing fully against the upper or lower wall of the PAB door receptacle.
- Insert a trim stick or another suitable prying tool into the large gap between the PAB housing and the adjacent wall of the receptacle.
- Pry outward between the PAB housing and the receptacle wall far enough to disengage all 6 upper or lower hooks from their corresponding windows.
- Rotate the disengaged edge of the PAB housing upward far enough to disengage the remaining 6 hooks from their corresponding windows in the receptacle wall.
- With all of the hooks disengaged, lift the PAB housing, inflator and cushion from the receptacle on the back of the PAB door.