Removal And Installation: Installation
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.
When handling a new Occupant Detection Sensor (ODS), it should never be bent, creased, torn, cut or abraded. The ODS should not be handled with or come into contact with hard or sharp-edged tools or objects. Do not allow the ODS to drop more than 2 meters (6.5 feet). Prior to installation, do not sit on, stand on or place boxes, tools or any other foreign object on the ODS. Do not modify the seat foam or trim materials of a seat that contains an ODS. Failure to observe these cautions may result in an inoperative ODS, or an ODS that provides inaccurate inputs to the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC).
- Carefully inspect the ODS (1) to be certain that it is in good condition.
- Route the ODS pigtail through the seat frame (2).
- Align the ODS plate (1) to the seat wire frame using the alignment guides (3).
- Attach the ODS plate (1) to the seat frame by firmly pressing the two molded clips (4) into the seat wire frame.
- Connect the ODS wiring harness connector (2).
- Install the front seat cushion to the frame. Refer to COVER, SEAT CUSHION, FRONT, REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION .
- Install the passenger side front seat into the vehicle. Refer to SEAT, FRONT, REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION .
- Connect the negative battery cable. If equipped with an Intelligent Battery Sensor (IBS), connect the IBS connector.