Side - Third Row Seating
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, never strike or drop the side impact sensor, as it can damage the impact sensor or affect its calibration. The side impact sensor enables the system to deploy the side Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) components. If an impact sensor is accidentally dropped during service, the sensor must be scrapped and replaced with a new unit. Failure to observe this warning could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper side SRS component deployment.
The front and the second or third row seating side impact sensors are interchangeable.
- Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable. Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before further service.
- Remove the quarter trim panel from the quarter inner panel over the rear wheel housing (1). Refer to PANEL, QUARTER TRIM, REMOVAL .
- Disconnect the body wire harness connector (2) from the side impact sensor (4) above the rear wheel housing on the quarter inner panel.
- Remove the screw (3) that secures the side impact sensor to the quarter inner panel.
- Pull the side impact sensor straight out from the mounting location to disengage the anti-rotation pin on the base of the sensor from the clearance hole in the quarter inner panel.
- Remove the side impact sensor from the vehicle.