Concorde V6-27L VIN V (2001) Driver Airbag Maintenance
Air Bag: Service and Repair
Seat Airbag
REMOVAL
WARNING:
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DO NOT REPLACE A DEPLOYED AIRBAG. IF SEAT AIRBAG HAS BEEN DEPLOYED, THE ENTIRE SEAT BACK AND ALL
DAMAGED PARTS MUST BE REPLACED.
1. Position the front seat in the full forward position.
2. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable remote terminal.
Wait two minutes for the airbag system reserve capacitor to discharge before servicing any airbag components.
Fig. 20 Front Seat Back Panel
3. Remove the plastic back panel from the seat back. Refer to Body, Seats, Seat Back, REMOVAL.
4. With seat back plastic panel removed, disengage the seat back trim cover J-strap from the upper, lower and airbag side of seat back.
5. Grasp the upper airbag side of the seat back trim cover and pull trim cover and cushion over top of seat back frame. This will allow room to
remove side airbag without damaging the trim cover or cushion.
6. Pull upper portion of seat back foam from the seat back frame for access to seat airbag.
7. Disconnect the side airbag electrical connector. Slide yellow locking tab down to unlock. Then with two fingers, push the two side retaining tabs in
and pull the connector straight from airbag.
8. Remove the side airbag retaining nuts.
9. Working between the seat back trim coven cushion and frame, carefully unhook the airbag studs from the nylon sleeve and slide the airbag out of
sleeve. Be careful not to tear the nylon sleeve as this will affect functionality of the airbag.
WARNING: BE CERTAIN NOT TO TEAR THE SEAT AIRBAG NYLON SLEEVE DURING REMOVAL. IF THIS OCCURS, THE
SEAT BACK TRIM COVER MUST BE REPLACED. INSTALLATION.
INSTALLATION
WARNING: DO NOT REPLACE A DEPLOYED AIRBAG. IF SEAT AIRBAG HAS BEEN DEPLOYED, THE ENTIRE SEAT BACK
AND ALL DAMAGED PARTS MUST BE REPLACED.
NOTE: THE AIRBAG CONNECTOR MUST FACE DOWN (TOWARD SEAT CUSHION) AFTER INSTALLATION.
1. Carefully slide the seat airbag into the nylon sleeve until the mounting studs line up with the holes provided in nylon sleeve. Be careful not to tear
nylon sleeve as this will affect the functionality of the side airbag system.
