Replacing An Air Bag (Due To Defects Or Warranty Expiry); Replacing Control Unit - Fiat Brava Service Manual

Bravo-Brava Electrical equipment
Air Bag
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Safety system components must be fitted and removed ONLY by skilled, authorised technical
personnel.
The system could be activated when not required and lead to personal injury or unnecessary re­
pairs to the system if the following rules are not respected.
IT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED TO DISMANTLE AIR BAG MODULES
NOTE All system components have been designed specifically to work on a car of a particular make
and type. Modules and pretensioners cannot therefore be adapted, reused or installed on other
cars, but only on the cars for which they have been designed and built.
Any attempt to re-use, adapt or install on another type of vehicle may lead to injury to occu­
pants in the case of an accident.
Replacing an Air Bag (due to defects or warranty expiry)
If an air bag module is replaced due to defects or expiry of the term of warranty, proceed as follows:
1. Remove the adhesive label from the new module, apply to a special file (charge/discharge register)
with the vehicle data (chassis no. registration date, model etc.) and add the old module serial num­
ber. The file with the registration data must be kept for the purposes of future checks.
2. Before the plate is stuck over the original plate, it must be perforated for the month and year ten years
after module installation date (e.g. the year 2006 when the module is fitted in 1996).
3. Connect the module to the connector which emerges from the steering wheel.
4. Fit the air bag module in its housing on the steering wheel and check that the connection lead is
properly arranged. Tighten retaining bolts to the specified torque.
Replacing control unit
The electronic control unit must ALWAYS be replaced in the case of a crash involving activation of the
system.
B M W Never attempt to reuse the electronic control unit in any way.
If the control unit is replaced, remove the adhesive label from the control unit and stick in the appropriate
file as described above.
NOTE After working on the system, check operation by means of a FIA TI LAN CIA TESTER.
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