Subaru Legacy 2002 Service Manual page 2828

5. Disposal of Pretensioner
A: CAUTION
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¼ Do not discard undeployed pretensioners,
because they may cause serious personal injury
when accidentally deployed.
¼ Deployment of the pretensioners should be
done on a flat place free from any possible danger.
Avoid deploying outdoors during rainy or windy
weather.
¼ Do not drop or damage pretensioner.
¼ Because deploying the pretensioners causes a
high-explosive noise, be sure to warn people in the
area, and do not allow anyone within a 5-meter (16
ft) radius of the disposal site.
¼ Some smoke will be emitted after deployment of
the pretensioners. Therefore, it must be deployed
in a well-ventilated area with no smoke alarms
nearby.
¼ Wear gloves, goggles, and earplugs during this
operation. Wash your hands afterwards.
¼ After deployment, the pretensioner is especially
hot. Leave it unattended for 40 minutes, and then
discard it.
¼ Do not let water get on the deployed preten-
sioner.
¼ Wrap the deployed the pretensioner in an air-
tight vinyl bag, and then discard it.
DISPOSAL OF PRETENSIONER
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B: OPERATION
1. DEPLOYING WHILE INSTALLED IN
VEHICLE
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1) Fold backrest all the way forward, and then
move front seat all the way forward.
2) Turn ignition switch OFF, disconnect the ground
cable from the battery, and wait for more than 20
seconds before starting work.
3) Remove center pillar lower trim. <Ref. to EI-41,
REMOVAL, Lower Inner Trim.>
4) Disconnect yellow connector from pretensioner.
5) Short terminal to alligator clip furnished as
deployment tool.
6) Connect the deployment tool and adapter A
(deployment).
Deployment tool: (Part No. 98299PA030)
Adapter A (deployment) : (Part No.
98299FAC030)
CAUTION:
The deployment tool should be kept shorted
until just before deployment of the preten-
sioner.
7) Connect adapter A (deployment) connector
(2D) and pretensioner yellow connector.
Seat Belt System
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