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Repair Procedures: Installation

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  1. Remove the ignition key from the vehicle.
  2. Disconnect the battery negative cable from battery and wait for at least three minutes before beginning work.
  3. Place a passenger airbag on the crash pad and tighten the passenger airbag mounting bolts.

    Tightening torque: 

    5.9 - 6.9 N.m (0.6 - 0.7 kgf.m, 4.3 - 5.1 lb-ft)

    Fig 1: Identifying Passenger Airbag Mounting Bolts
    G07424307Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
  4. Install the heater duct to the crash pad.
  5. Install the crash pad. Refer to CRASH PAD .
  6. Tighten the passenger airbag mounting bolt.

    Tightening torque: 

    18.6 - 26.5 N.m (1.9 - 2.7 kgf.m, 13.7 - 19.2 lb-ft)

  7. Connect the passenger airbag harness connector to the SRS main harness connector.
  8. Reinstall the crash pad garnish. Refer to CRASH PAD .
  9. Reconnect the battery negative cable.
  10. After installing the Passenger Airbag (PAB), confirm proper system operation:
  1. Turn the ignition switch ON; the SRS indicator light should be turned on for about six seconds and then go off.
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