Sprinter 3500 V6-3.0L DSL Turbo VIN 45 (2007)
WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, the driver airbag trim cover must never be painted. Replacement airbags are serviced with trim
covers in the original colors. Paint may change the way in which the material of the trim cover 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 driver airbag. If the airbag is ineffective or damaged, but not
deployed, review the recommended procedures for handling non-deployed supplemental restraints. If the driver 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 driver airbag (5) close enough to the steering wheel (1) to reconnect the electrical connections on the back of the airbag housing.
2. Reconnect the clockspring driver airbag pigtail wire harness connector (4) to the airbag inflator connector receptacle, which is located on the back
of the driver airbag housing. Be certain that the latch on the connector and the orange Connector Position Assurance (CPA) lock are each fully
engaged.
3. Reconnect the clockspring horn and steering wheel switch pigtail wire harness (3) connector to the receptacle on the back of the driver airbag
housing.
4. Carefully position the driver airbag in the steering wheel. Be certain that the clockspring pigtail wires in the steering wheel hub area are not
pinched between the driver airbag and the steering wheel armature.
5. From the underside of the steering wheel, install and tighten the two screws (2) that secure the driver airbag to the steering wheel armature.
Tighten the screws to 6 Nm (53 in. lbs.).
WARNING: DO NOT CONNECT THE BATTERY NEGATIVE CABLE. PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH MAY RESULT IF THE
SYSTEM TEST IS NOT PERFORMED FIRST. FOR THE SYSTEM TEST, See: Powertrain Management/Computers and Control
Systems/Testing and Inspection/Diagnostic Trouble Code Tests and Associated Procedures/Verification Tests/Supplemental Restraints
Verification Test
