Subaru Legacy 2005 Service Manual page 3707

7. Disposal of Pretensioner
A: CAUTION
• Discard deployed pretensioners because it may
cause serious personal injury when accidentally
deployed.
• Deployment of the pretensioners should be done
on a flat place free from any possible danger. Avoid
deploying outdoors during rainy or windy weather.
• Wear protective gloves, safety goggles and ear-
plugs during this operation. Wash your hands after-
wards.
• Do not drop or damage the pretensioner.
• Because deploying of pretensioners cause a
high-explosive noise, be sure to warn people in the
area, and do not allow anyone within a 5 m (16 ft)
radius of the disposal site.
• Some smoke will be emitted after deployment of
the pretensioner. Therefore, it must be deployed in
a well-ventilated place with no fire alarms nearby.
• After deployment, the pretensioner is especially
hot, leave it unattended for 40 minutes or longer,
and then discard it.
• Do not let water get in the deployed pretensioner.
• Wrap the deployed pretensioner in an airtight vi-
nyl bag, and then discard it.
• If circumstances do not permit the pretensioner
deployment, contact the SUBARU dealer.
B: PROCEDURE
1. DEPLOYING OF PRETENSIONER WHILE
INSTALLED IN VEHICLE
1) Fold the backrest all the way forward, and then
move the front seat all the way forward.
2) Turn the ignition switch to OFF, disconnect the
battery ground cable, and wait more than 20 sec-
onds.
3) Remove the center pillar lower trim. <Ref. to EI-
60, REMOVAL, Lower Inner Trim.>
4) Disconnect the pretensioner connector (A).
5) Short the terminal to alligator clip of deployment
tool (A).
Disposal of Pretensioner
6) Connect the deployment tool and deployment
adapter D (B).
CAUTION:
The terminals of deployment tool should be
kept shorted until just before deploying the pre-
tensioner.
7) Connect the deployment adapter D connector
and pretensioner connector.
8) Extend the wiring of deployment tool to the limit,
and make sure that the vehicle is empty. Close all
windows, sunroof and rear gate completely.
9) Move the battery at least 5 m (16 ft) away from
vehicle, and secure to the nearby area. Connect
the deployment tool alligator clip to the battery neg-
ative (−) terminal.
10) Connect the other cable of deployment tool to
the battery positive (+) terminal, and deploy the
pretensioner.
(A)
SB-00129
SB-19
(A)
(B)
(A) Deployment tool:
(Tool number 98299PA030)
(B) Deployment adapter D:
(Tool number 98299SA010)
SEAT BELT SYSTEM
SB-00021
SB-00017
SB-00018