RL V6-3474cc 3.5L (1998)
Seat Belt Tensioner Reduction Solenoid: Service and Repair
Triggering The Seat Belt Tensioners (Inside Vehicle)
Before scrapping any airbags or seat belt tensioners (including those in a whole vehicle to be scrapped), the airbags must be deployed and the seat belt
tensioners must be triggered. If the vehicle is still within the warranty period, before deploying the airbags or triggering the seat belt tensioners, the
Acura District Technical Manager must give approval and/or special instruction. Only after the airbags have been deployed or a seat belt tensioner is
triggered (as the result of vehicle collision, for example), can they be scrapped. If the airbags or the seat belt tensioners appear intact (not deployed or
triggered), treat them with extreme caution. Follow the procedure.
Triggering the Seat Belt Tensioners
NOTE: If an SRS vehicle containing one or both intact seat belt tensioner(s) is to be entirely scrapped, the seat belt tensioner(s) should be triggered
while still in the vehicle.
A tensioner is not a salvageable part and should never be installed in another vehicle.
1. Disconnect both the negative cable and positive cable from the battery.
2. Confirm that the special tool is functioning properly by following the check procedure on the tool label.
3. Remove the B-pillar trim panel.
4. Cut off the seat belt tensioner connector, then strip the wire ends and connect the special tool alligator clips to them as shown. Place the special
tool approximately thirty feet away from the vehicle.
5. Buckle the seat belt, then pull out about two inches of slack, make a loop with it, and hold the loop in place with a clip as shown.
6. Connect a 12 volts battery to the tool:
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If the green light on the tool comes on, the tensioner igniter circuit is defective and cannot trigger the tensioner. Go to Damaged Airbag or
Tensioner Special Procedure.
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If the red light on the tool comes on, the tensioner is ready to trigger.
7. Push the tool's deployment switch to trigger the tensioner igniter. The tensioner should take up the slack in the belt (pop the clip off), and lock the
belt in its retracted position.
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If the tensioner works and the green light on the tool comes on, continue with this procedure.
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If the tensioner doesn't work, yet the green light comes on, its igniter is defective. Go to Damaged Airbag or Tensioner Special Procedure.
WARNING: During activation, the tensioner can become hot enough to burn you. Wait thirty minutes after activation before touching it.
8. Dispose of the complete tensioner assembly. No part of it can be reused.
9. Repeat stops 3 thru 8 on the other side if that tensioner has not been triggered.
