Commander 2WD V8-4.7L (2008)
Air Bag: Service and Repair
Driver Airbag - Installation
INSTALLATION
WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before
attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, 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 SRS. 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 driver airbag, or becoming
entrapped between the driver airbag cushion and the driver airbag trim cover. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries
upon airbag deployment.
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. See: Service and Repair. 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. See: Repairs and Inspections Required After a Collision/Service and Repair.
1. Position the driver airbag (1) close enough to the steering wheel to reconnect the electrical connections (4) to the back of the airbag housing.
2. When installing the driver airbag, reconnect the two clockspring driver airbag pigtail wire connectors to the airbag inflator (5) connector
receptacles by pressing straight in on the connectors, then push the locks straight into the connectors. Be certain to engage each keyed and
color-coded connector to the matching connector receptacle.
3. Carefully position the driver airbag into the steering wheel hub. Be certain that the clockspring pigtail wires are not pinched between the driver
airbag and the horn switch or the steering wheel armature.
4. Engage the lower airbag snap retainer wire loop (3) onto the lower hook of the steering wheel armature. The lower snap retainer wire loop has a
distinctive V-shape and must always be installed onto the six o'clock hook of the steering wheel armature.
5. Roll the driver airbag (1) upwards and press firmly and evenly over the two upper snap retainer wire loop locations simultaneously until they snap
into place over the two upper hooks of the steering wheel (2) armature.
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
