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Servicing crash sensors for airbags > < Removing and installing side airbag (sports seat, standard seat)
Removing and installing side airbag (seat with electrical adjustment)
Removing and installing side airbag (seat with electrical adjustment)
  WARNING
Observe safety precautions for working on airbags and side airbags → Chapter.
   
1 - Side airbag (driver side/front passenger side)
t  Removing
–  Disconnect battery earth strap.
–  Remove seat → Chapter.
–  Attach seat repair stand -VAS 6136- to engine and gearbox support -VAS 6095-.
–  Attach front seat to seat repair stand -VAS 6136-.
–  Remove backrest cover panel → Chapter.
–  Unfasten sleeve -4-.
–  Lift out wiring harness -5-.
–  Unscrew nuts -2- (2x) of side airbag -1-.
–  Prise out metal tab -3-.
–  Detach side airbag -1-.
–  Detach clip -6- and carefully pull out wiring harness -5-.
t  Installing
–  Install in reverse order of removal.
–  Make sure wiring harness -5- is routed between seat frame and plastic guide -7- and that wires are not subject to strain.
–  Secure clip -6-.
–  Switch on ignition.
  WARNING
Make sure nobody is in the vehicle when the battery is being connected.
–  Connect battery earth strap.
2 - Nuts (2x)
q   Tightening torque: 5 Nm
q   Renew
3 - Metal tab
4 - Sleeve
5 - Wiring harness
6 - Clip
7 - Plastic guide
  Note
t  Observe measures to be taken after connecting battery → Electrical system; Rep. gr.27.
t  If the airbag warning lamp -K75- indicates a fault following installation, use the vehicle diagnostic, testing and information system -VAS 5051 A- to interrogate, erase and then re-interrogate the event memory.

   

Servicing crash sensors for airbags > < Removing and installing side airbag (sports seat, standard seat)