Nitro 2WD V6-4.0L (2007)
straight out from the airbag inflator to disconnect them from the connector receptacles.
9. Remove the passenger airbag, airbag door and instrument panel bracket from the instrument panel as a unit.
Installation
INSTALLATION
WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supplemental restraint system before attempting
any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, occupant classification system, 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 supplemental restraint system. Failure to take the
proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.
WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, use extreme care to prevent any foreign material from entering the passenger airbag, or
becoming entrapped between the passenger airbag cushion and the passenger airbag door. Failure to observe this warning could result in
occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.
WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, the passenger airbag door must never be painted. Replacement passenger airbag units are
serviced with doors in the original colors. Paint may change the way in which the material of the airbag door responds to an airbag
deployment. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.
NOTE: The following procedure is for replacement of an ineffective or damaged passenger airbag. If the airbag is ineffective or damaged, but not
deployed, review the recommended procedures for handling non-deployed supplemental restraints. If the passenger airbag has been deployed, review the
recommended procedures for service after a supplemental restraint deployment before removing the airbag from the vehicle.
1. Position the passenger airbag, airbag door and instrument panel bracket to the opening in the face of the instrument panel base trim as a unit.
2. Reconnect the two connector insulators of the instrument panel wire harness take outs to the airbag inflator connector receptacles on each side of
the airbag housing by pressing straight in on the connectors. Be certain to engage each keyed and color-coded connector to the matching connector
receptacle. You can be certain that each connector is fully engaged in its receptacle by listening carefully for a distinct, audible click as the
connector latches snap into place.
3. Slide the passenger airbag forward being certain that the instrument panel bracket is engaged between the dash panel and the instrument panel
structural support at the lower windshield fence line and that the two lower studs of the airbag are engaged in the holes of the instrument panel
base trim. It may be necessary to angle the forward end of the unit slightly downward and then roll it upward to engage the instrument panel
bracket properly between the fence line and the structural support.
4. Reach up into the instrument panel above the upper glove box opening (2) to install and tighten the two nuts (3) that secure the passenger airbag
lower studs to the instrument panel base trim on each side of the glove box latch striker (1). Tighten the nuts to 7 Nm (62 in. lbs.).
5. Reinstall the glove box into the instrument panel.
