Replacing Passenger Side Air Bag Trim - Fiat Brava Service Manual

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55.
REPLACING PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG
TRIM
Safety measures
Operations on air bag system com­
ponents must be carried out by spe­
cially trained personnel and the fol­
lowing safety measures must be
STRICTLY adhered to.
During removal and replacement
operations, it is necessary to use
polythene gloves and protective
goggles.
Do not use naked flames near the air
bag and air bag system compo­
nents.
Individual damaged or defective
parts must not be repaired or tam­
pered with in any way but replaced
as a whole unitSee page 99 onward
for further information on safety
procedures.
Operation sequence
The metal parts of a recently-deto­
nated air bag are very hot. Avoid
touching these parts for at least 20
minutes after bag activation.
1. Remove the air bag as described from
page 110/8 onward.
2. Remove the facia trim as described from
page 30 onward in Section 70 - Body­
work.
3. Remove the passenger side air bag trim by
unscrewing the four cross-headed screws
and six retaining rivets indicated.
Carefully check that the seats of the
four bolts and six rivets on the facia
trim are undamaged. Also check
that the trim itself is undamaged.
Never fit a new air bag trm to a dam­
aged facia trim. In this case, always
replace the facia trim.
NOTE Refit the air bag trim by carrying out
removal instructions in reverse or­
der.
Copyright Fiat Auto
11-98 - Supersedes previous version
110/9