When the air bag deploys, the entire instrument panel and pad assembly should be replaced. Initially, unplug and isolate the battery negative lead to the air bag remote cable, then wait at least two minutes for the system reserve capacitor to have all its energy used up before working on the air bag. Never remove the
Glove Box; instead, fully open and lower it to get to the screws for the passenger air bag inside. Remove the wire connector from the passenger air bag and then break the four attachments, two nuts and two screws, connecting the air bag to the collar on the instrument panel. Below the top of the passenger air bag, hid in its outer area, are the two nuts. The two screws go through the tabs at the front bottom of the instrument panel reinforcement. Break the tabs that hold the air bag door to the instrument panel and remove the air bag from the cavity in the panel. When performing an installation because the Passenger air bag was deployed, use a new instrument panel and pad assembly and move all the other components as well. While the battery is removed, place the Passenger air bag into the panel cavity and press the air bag door tabs to lock into the retainer on the instrument panel. Put in the air bag assembly with the two nuts to the instrument panel collar and the two screws, making sure to tighten them to 7.5 ± 1 Nm (66 in. lbs.). Next, join the Passenger air bag wire connector back into place and then squeeze the sides of the glove compartment, raising it up into the space in front of the gauges. You should not connect the negative
Battery Cable until you have checked and tested the air bag system.