Acura NSX 1997 Service Manual page 1144

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Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
Airbag/Seat Belt Tensioner Disposal
6. Buckle the seat belt, then pull out about two 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 or Ten-
sioner Special Procedure.
If the red light on the tool comes on, the system
is ready.
9. Push the tool's deployment switch. The 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 are deployed, the tensioners are trig-
gered, and the green light on the tool comes on,
continue with this procedure.
If an airbag doesn't deploy or a tensioner isn't trig-
gered, yet the green light comes on, an igniter is
defective. Go to Damaged Airbag or Tensioner
Special Procedure.
During airbag deployment and tension-
er activation the airbag and tensioner assemblies can
become hot enough to burn you. Wait thirty minutes
after activation before touching them.
10. Dispose of the complete airbag and tensioner assem-
bly. No part of them can be reused.
Table of Contents
SEAT BELT
TENSIONER
ASSEMBLY
TWO INCHES
OF SLACK
Deploying the Airbag(s): Out of-vehicle
NOTE: If an intact a i r b a g a s s e m b l y has been
removed from a scrapped vehicle or has been
found defective or damaged during transit, storage
or service, it should be deployed as follows:
Position the airbag assembly face up,
outdoors on flat ground at least thirty feet from any
obstacles or people.
1. Confirm that the special tool is functioning properly
by following the check procedure on the following
page or on the tool label.
2. Remove the short connector from the airbag
connector.
3. Follow steps 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the in-vehicle deploy-
ment procedure.