Acura 3.5 RL Manual page 1444

6. Buckle the seat belt, then pull out about 2 inches of
slack, make a loop with it, and hold the loop in
place with a clip as shown.
7. Repeat step 6 on the other front belt.
8. Connect a 12 volt battery to the tool:
• If the green light on the tool comes on, an igniter
circuit is defective. Go to Damaged Airbag, Side
Airbag or Seat Belt Tensioner Special Procedure.
• If the red light on the tool comes on, the system
is ready.
9. Push the tool's deployment switch. The airbags and
side airbags should deploy (deployment is both
highly audible and visible - a loud noise and rapid
inflation of the bags, followed by slow deflation).
The seat belt tensioners should take up the slack
(pop the clips off the belts), and lock the belts in
retracted positions.
• If the airbags and side airbags are deployed, the
tensioners are triggered, and the green light on
the tool comes on, continue with this procedure.
• If an airbag or a side airbag doesn't deploy or a
tensioner isn't triggered, yet the green light comes
on, an igniter is defective. Go to Damaged Airbag
or Pretensioner Special Procedure.
During airbag deployment and preten-
sioner activation the airbag and tensioner assem-
blies can become hot enough to burn you. Wait 30
minutes after activation before touching them.
10. Dispose of all the airbags and tensioners completely.
No part of them can be reused.
Deploying the Airbag/Side Airbag: Out-of-vehicle
NOTE: If an intact airbag has been removed from a
scrapped vehicle, or has been found defective or dam-
aged during transit, storage or service, it should be
deployed as follows:
Store the removed airbag with the pad
surface up, and the removed side airbag with the cau-
tion label surface up, out-doors on flat ground at least
30 feet (10 m) from any obstacles or people.
1. Confirm that the special tool is functioning properly
by following the check procedure on this page or on
the tool label.
2. Follow steps 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the in-vehicle deploy-
ment procedure.
Damaged Airbag or Seat Belt Tensioner Special
Procedure
If an airbag cannot be deployed, it should
not be treated as normal scrap; it should still be consid-
ered a potentially explosive device that can cause seri-
ous injury.
1. If installed in a vehicle, follow the removal proce-
dure on page 24-160.
2. In all cases, make a short circuit by twisting together
the two airbag inflator wires or seat belt tensioner
wires.
3. Package the airbag in exactly the same packaging
that the new replacement part came in.
4. Mark the outside of the box "DAMAGED AIRBAG
(or TENSIONER) NOT DEPLOYED" so it does not
get confused with your parts stock.
5. Contact your Acura Parts and Service Manager for
how and where to return it for disposal.
Deployment Tool: Check Procedure
1. Connect the yellow clips to both switch protector
handles on the tool; connect the tool to a battery.
2. Push the operation switch: green means the tool is
OK; red means the tool is faulty.
3. Disconnect the battery and the yellow clips.