Honda Prelude 1993 Service Manual page 1399

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
Ai6ag Assembly Disposal
Before scrapping any airbag(s) {including one in a whole
car to be scrappedl the airbag must be doployed. lf the
car is still within the warranty period, betore you deploy
the airbag. the Honda District Service Manager must
give approval and/or special instruclons.
Only after an airbag has been deployed (as the result ol
vehicle collision. for example), it can be scrapped.
lf an airbag(s) appears intact (not deployedltrest it with
extreme cautaon.
Follow this Drocedure:
D€ploying the Ai|bag(s): In-CE]
NOTE: lf an SRS car is to be entirely scrapped, its 8ir_
bag(sl should be deployed while still in the ca..
The airbag(sl should not b€ considered as salvageable
part and should never be installed in another car.
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confirm that th6 airbag assombty i!
secu.ely mountad; otherwiso sovoro porsonal injury
could r€sult dudng doploymont,
1. Disconnect both the negative cable and Dositiv8
cable from the batt8rv.
2. Confirm that the specialtool is functioning proporly
by following the check procedure on the label of
the tool set box, or on page 23-317
Drivor's Alrbag:
3. Remove the access panel, then disconn€ct the 3_p
connector between the d.iver,s airbSg and the
cable reel.
ORIVER'S
AIRBAG
3.P CONNECTOB
ACCESS
PANEL
23-322
Front Passongef 's Alrbag:
4.
Remove the glove box, then disconnect th6
3_p
connector between the front passeng€r,s airbag
and SRS main harness.
FBONT PASSEI{GER'S AIRBAG
3-P COt{t{EcToR
5. Cut off the airbag connector, strip the ends of the
aibag. wires, and connsct the speci6l tool alligator
clips to ths bar6 wires. place the special tool ap-
proximatsly thirty f€et away from the airbag.
DFIVER'S AIREAG
FRONT PASSEI{GER'S
AIRBAG
ALUGATOR
CLIPS
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