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Repair Procedures: Installation

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  1. Disconnect the battery negative cable, and wait for at least three minutes before beginning to work.
  2. Install the curtain airbag and then loosen the bolts and nuts.

    Tightning torque 

    Bolts: 5.8 - 9.8 N.m (0.6 - 1.0 kgf.m, 4.3 - 7.2 lb.ft)

    Nuts: 2.9 - 5.8 N.m (0.3 - 0.6 kgf.m, 2.1 - 4.3 lb.ft) 

    CAUTION: Never twist the airbag module when installing it. If the module is twisted, airbag module may operate abnormally.
  3. Connect the curtain airbag connector.
  4. Install the Roof trim.

    (Refer to Body (Interior and Exterior) - "ROOF TRIM ASSEMBLY ")

  5. Reconnect the battery negative cable.
  6. After installing the curtain airbag (CAB), confirm proper system operation: