Grand Cherokee 2WD V8-4.7L VIN J (2004)
Fig. 48 Side Curtain Airbag Remove/Install
5. Disengage the side curtain airbag front tether hook and plastic retainer clip from the slot in the lower A-pillar.
6. Disengage the side curtain airbag front tether plastic retainer from the hole in the upper A-pillar.
7. Remove the nine screws that secure the side curtain airbag channel and inflator mounting bracket to the spring nuts in the roof side rail.
8. Grasp the extruded plastic channel of the side curtain airbag firmly and pull it straight away from the body far enough to disengage all three plastic
push-in fasteners that secure it to the locating holes in the roof side rail.
9. Grasp the inflator of the side curtain airbag firmly and pull it straight away from the body far enough to disengage the push-in fastener that secures
it to the locating hole in the roof side rail.
10. Remove the side curtain airbag from the vehicle as a unit.
INSTALLATION
1. Position the side curtain airbag into the vehicle as a unit.
2. Align the push-in fastener that secures the inflator of the side curtain airbag to the locating hole in the roof side rail and, using hand pressure, push
firmly on the retainer until it is fully seated.
3. Align the three push-in fasteners that secure the extruded plastic channel of the side curtain air- bag to the locating holes in the roof side rail and,
using hand pressure, push firmly on each retainer until it is fully seated.
4. Install and tighten the nine screws that secure the side curtain airbag channel and inflator mounting bracket to the spring nuts in the roof side rail.
Tighten the screws to 6 Nm (50 in. lbs.).
5. Align the side curtain airbag front tether plastic retainer with the hole in the upper A-pillar and, using hand pressure, push firmly on the retainer
until it is fully seated.
6. Engage the side curtain airbag front tether hook and plastic retainer clip into the slot in the lower A-pillar.
7. Engage the side curtain airbag rear tether hook and plastic retainer clip into the slot in the roof rail near the D-pillar.
8. Reconnect the side curtain airbag inflator pigtail wire connector to the body wire harness connector for the inflator on the upper D-pillar.
9. Reinstall the headliner into the vehicle.
10. Do not reconnect the battery negative cable at this time. The supplemental restraint system verification test procedure should be performed
following service of any supplemental restraint system component.
