Patriot 2WD L4-2.4L (2009)
WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, service of this unit should be performed only by Chrysler-trained and authorized dealer service
technicians. Failure to take the proper precautions or to follow the proper procedures could result in accidental, incomplete, or
improper airbag deployment and possible occupant injuries.
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 trim covers are serviced 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 procedures can be used to replace the driver airbag trim cover for service. If the driver airbag is ineffective or
deployed, the entire driver airbag and trim cover must be replaced as a unit.
1. Place the driver airbag trim cover (3) on a suitable work surface with the airbag receptacle facing up. Be certain to take the proper precautions to
prevent the trim cover from receiving cosmetic damage during the following procedures.
2. Carefully position the driver airbag housing and inflator unit (1) into the trim cover receptacle.
3. Work around the perimeter of the unit engaging each of the 16 hooks (2) on the driver airbag housing through the 16 windows in the walls of the
trim cover receptacle.
4. After the driver airbag has been assembled, try pulling the trim cover and the airbag housing away from each other. This action will fully seat the
edges of the trim cover windows into the cradles of the housing hooks.
5. Before reinstalling the airbag onto the steering wheel, check that the blocking tab (1) in each of the trim cover (2) windows is oriented over the
airbag housing hook (3) as shown.
