Passenger Airbag Cover: Installation

Fig 1: Passenger Airbag Retaining Nuts

Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.

If reinstalling the airbag cover onto the same passenger airbag, perform the following adjustment. Otherwise, go to step 1.

Using a 90° needle nose pliers or equivalent, place the pliers on the rear edge of the airbag cover metal flap retainer.
Bend roughly 10° so that the metal flap is closed slightly to eliminate rattles of the airbag cover.
Bend until the measurement of the metal flap to airbag housing is 7 - 8.3 mm (use a drill bit ranging from 9/32 - 21/64 inch).

Snap cover onto the passenger airbag frame.
Install the passenger airbag (Refer to ELECTRICAL/RESTRAINTS/PASSENGER AIRBAG - INSTALLATION) .

WARNING: Do not connect the battery negative cable (Refer to ELECTRICAL/RESTRAINTS - DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING - AIRBAG SYSTEM) . Personal injury or death may result if the system test is not performed first.