Thorax Airbag Wire, Removing And Installing, Standard Seat, China Version: Removing
Risk of injury due to involuntary deployment.
- Pay attention to the safety precautions when working with pyrotechnic components. Refer to SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHEN WORKING WITH PYROTECHNIC COMPONENTS .
- Before handling pyrotechnic components (for example, disconnecting the connector), the person handling it must "discharge static electricity". For example, this can be done by briefly touching the door striker.
-- Remove the front seat. Refer to FRONT SEAT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
-- Fasten the front seat on the : VAS6136 . Refer to FRONT SEAT, MOUNTING ON FIXTURE FOR SEAT REPAIR .
-- Remove the tunnel-side seat side trim. Refer to SEAT SIDE TRIM ON TUNNEL SIDE, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
-- Remove the seat side trim on the side sill side. Refer to SEAT SIDE TRIM ON SIDE SILL SIDE, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, STANDARD SEAT, CHINA VERSION .
-- Remove the backrest cover. Refer to BACKREST COVER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, STANDARD SEAT, CHINA VERSION .
-- Disengage the elastic strap -1 and 2- from the bottom of the seat pan.
-- Disengage the molding -arrows A through C- from the back of the backrest frame.
-- Equipped on some models: disconnect the backrest heating wiring harness from the seat pan and free it up.
-- Loosen the cover -1- with cushion -2- from the backrest frame and remove carefully under the backrest forward -arrows-.
-- Pull the cover with the lower cushion as far away as possible from the backrest frame.
-- Remove the cushion from the backrest in the thorax airbag area.
Risk of injury due to involuntary deployment.
- Before handling pyrotechnic components (for example, disconnecting the connector), the person handling it must "discharge static electricity". For example, this can be done by briefly touching the door striker.
-- Release the connector lock -2- with a small screwdriver -arrow-.
-- Disconnect the connector -1- on the thorax airbag igniter.
-- Unclip and free up the thorax airbag wire at the backrest frame and carefully remove it from the backrest frame.
-- Disconnect the modular wiring routing. Refer to MODULAR WIRING ROUTING, DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING .
-- Open the corrugated tube, remove the wire for the thorax airbag with the connector and free up at the seat pan.
-- If necessary, remove the screws -1 and 3- and remove the child seat anchor -2- from the front seat.
-- Remove the tunnel-side seat side trim to do this. Refer to SEAT SIDE TRIM ON TUNNEL SIDE, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .