Town Car V8-281 4.6L SOHC (1991)
Air Bag: Service and Repair
Disposal Procedures
Disposal Recommendations
Several situations may arise when some form of disposal action must be undertaken, scrapping a vehicle containing a deployed air bag; scrapping a
vehicle with a live air bag, disposal of a live but electrically inoperative air bag module, and scrapping a deployed module. These situations and the
disposal recommendations are shown below:
AIR BAG DISPOSAL RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Vehicle to be Scrapped; Live Air Bags:
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Electrically Deploy Using Procedures 1 or 2 as Required.
2. vehicle to be Scrapped; Deployed Air Bags:
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Scrap Vehicle in the Usual Manner.
3. Module Replaced; Damaged but Live Air Bags:
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Package and Label Property. Return to Ford.
4. Module Replaced; Deployed Air Bags:
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Scrap Air Bags in the Usual Manner.
Deployed Air Bags
To service a vehicle in which the air bags have deployed, the deployed driver air bags must be replaced with all new air bags. The deployed air bags can
be disposed of in the same manner as any part to be scrapped.
Scrapped Vehicle
Some vehicles may be damaged or inoperable to the point that service cannot be made, but still contain undeployed air bags. This condition could occur
by side or rear impact, or rollover, or if the vehicle is simply past its useful lifetime. THE AIR BAGS SHOULD BE DEPLOYED PRIOR TO VEHICLE
SCRAPPAGE, PER DEPLOYMENT PROCEDURES 1 OR 2. See: Service and Repair
Undeployed Air Bag - Inoperative
