Dakota 4WD V8-4.7L VIN P Flex Fuel (2007)
diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the supplemental restraint system. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in
accidental airbag deployment.
WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, use extreme care to prevent any foreign material from entering the passenger airbag, or
becoming entrapped between the passenger airbag cushion and the passenger airbag door. Failure to observe this warning could result in
occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.
WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, the passenger airbag door must never be painted. Replacement passenger airbags are serviced
with doors in the original colors. Paint may change the way in which the material of the airbag door responds to an airbag deployment. Failure
to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.
NOTE: The following procedure is for replacement of an ineffective or damaged passenger airbag. If the airbag is ineffective or damaged, but not
deployed, review the recommended procedures for handling non-deployed supplemental restraints. If the passenger airbag has been deployed, review the
recommended procedures for service after a supplemental restraint deployment before removing the airbag from the vehicle.
1. Position the passenger airbag unit onto the instrument panel.
2. Reconnect the instrument panel wire harness connector for the airbag to the passenger airbag inflator pigtail wire connector on the right side of the
airbag lower mounting bracket. Be certain that the latch on the connector and the red Connector Position Assurance (CPA) lock are each fully
engaged.
3. Carefully lower the passenger airbag unit into the instrument panel, being certain that the airbag lower mounting bracket is properly positioned to
the instrument panel support structure.
4. Reach up into the instrument panel between the upper glove box opening reinforcement (2) and the cross car beam (1) to install and tighten the
two screws that secure the passenger airbag lower mounting bracket to the instrument panel support structure. Tighten the screws to 6 Nm (55 in.
lbs.).
5. Using hand pressure, push down on the passenger airbag door over each snap feature until it snaps into its receptacle in the instrument panel base
trim.
6. Reinstall the glove box into the instrument panel.
7. Reinstall the defroster grille onto the top of the instrument panel.
WARNING: DO NOT CONNECT THE BATTERY NEGATIVE CABLE. PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH MAY RESULT IF THE
SYSTEM TEST IS NOT PERFORMED FIRST. FOR THE SYSTEM TEST, See: Powertrain Management/Computers and Control
Systems/Testing and Inspection/Diagnostic Trouble Code Tests and Associated Procedures/Verification Tests/Supplemental Restraints
Verification Test
