Air Bag, Side Curtain: 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.
To avoid serious or fatal injury when removing a deployed airbag, rubber gloves, eye protection, and a long-sleeved shirt should be worn. There may be deposits on the airbag unit and other interior surfaces. In large doses, these deposits may cause irritation to the skin and eyes.
To avoid serious or fatal injury, use extreme care to prevent any foreign material from entering the side curtain airbag, or becoming entrapped between the side curtain airbag cushion and the headliner. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.
The following procedure is for replacement of an ineffective or damaged side curtain airbag (also known as Side AirBag Inflatable Curtain/SABIC). If the airbag is ineffective or damaged, but not deployed, review the recommended procedures for Handling Non-Deployed Supplemental Restraints. Refer to HANDLING NON-DEPLOYED SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINTS . If the side curtain airbag has been deployed, review the recommended procedures for Service After A Supplemental Restraint Deployment before removing the airbag from the vehicle. Refer to SERVICE AFTER A SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT .
- Check to be certain that the U-nuts for the side curtain airbag inflator bracket and the box nuts for the airbag channel are properly installed in the inner roof rail and that they are in good condition.
- Position the side curtain airbag into the vehicle as a unit.
- Engage the integral hooks on the side curtain airbag inflator mounting bracket into the locating holes in the inner roof side rail near the D-pillar.
- Install and tighten the fastener that secure the inflator mounting bracket to the U-nuts in the inner roof side rail. Tighten the fastener to the proper torque specification. Refer to TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .NOTE:
Be certain that the airbag cushion is not twisted during installation. If a colored stripe (red for right side bag, blue for left side bag) is visible on the cushion, the bag is twisted and must be untwisted before it is secured to the roof side rail.
- Engage the two plastic push-in fasteners that secure the airbag cushion channel to the roof side rail at the top of the C-pillar.
- Engage the two plastic push-in fasteners that secure the channel to the roof side rail at the top of the B-pillar.
- Install and tighten the fasteners that secure the airbag channel to the box nuts in the inner roof side rail. Tighten the fasteners to the proper torque specification. Refer to TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .
- Engage the hook on the end of the side curtain airbag front tether into the slot in the inner A-pillar.
- Engage the two plastic retainers that secure the side curtain airbag front tether to the inner A-pillar.
- Connect the body wire harness connector (2) for the side curtain airbag to the connector receptacle at the back of the inflator (1) on the roof side rail (3).
- Install the headliner into the vehicle. Refer to HEADLINER, INSTALLATION .
- Do not connect the negative battery cable at this time. The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Verification Test procedure should be performed following service of any SRS component. Refer to SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM VERIFICATION TEST .