Warnings - Restraint System; Diagnosis And Testing - Supplemental Restraint System - Dodge Sprinter 2006 Manual

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WARNINGS - RESTRAINT SYSTEM

WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, during
and following any seat belt service, carefully
inspect all seat belts, buckles, mounting hardware,
retractors, tether straps, and anchors for proper
installation, operation, or damage. Replace any belt
that is cut, frayed, or torn. Straighten any belt that
is twisted. Tighten any loose fasteners. Replace any
belt that has a damaged or inoperative buckle or
retractor. Replace any belt that has a bent or dam-
aged latch plate or anchor plate. Never attempt to
repair a seat belt component. Always replace dam-
aged or faulty seat belt components with the cor-
rect, new and unused replacement parts listed in
the DaimlerChrysler Mopar Parts Catalog.
WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, on
vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supple-
mental restraint system before attempting any
steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt
tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel com-
ponent diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate
the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two
minutes for the system capacitor to discharge
before performing further diagnosis or service. This
is the only sure way to disable the supplemental
restraint system. Failure to take the proper precau-
tions could result in accidental airbag deployment.
WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death on
vehicles equipped with airbags, before performing
any welding operations disconnect and isolate the
battery negative (ground) cable and disconnect all
wire harness connectors from the Airbag Control
Module (ACM). Failure to take the proper precau-
tions could result in accidental airbag deployment
and other possible damage to the supplemental
restraint system circuits and components.
WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, do not
attempt to dismantle an airbag unit or tamper with
its inflator. Do not puncture, incinerate, or bring
into contact with electricity. Do not store at temper-
atures exceeding 93° C (200° F). An airbag inflator
unit may contain sodium azide and potassium
nitrate. These materials
extremely flammable. Contact with acid, water, or
heavy metals may produce harmful and irritating
gases (sodium hydroxide is formed in the presence
of moisture) or combustible compounds. An airbag
inflator unit may also contain a gas canister pres-
surized to over 2500 psi.
are poisonous and
WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, when
handling a seat belt tensioner retractor, proper care
should be exercised to keep fingers out from under
the retractor cover and away from the seat belt
webbing where it exits from the retractor cover.
WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death,
replace all restraint system components only with
parts specified in the DaimlerChrysler Mopar Parts
Catalog. Substitute parts may appear interchange-
able, but internal differences may result in inferior
occupant protection.
WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, the
fasteners, screws, and bolts originally used for the
restraint system components
replaced with any substitutes. These fasteners have
special coatings and are specifically designed for
the restraint system. Any time a new fastener is
needed, replace it with the correct fasteners pro-
vided in the service package or specified in the
DaimlerChrysler Mopar Parts Catalog.
WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, when
a steering column has an airbag unit attached,
never place the column on the floor or any other
surface with the steering wheel or airbag unit face
down.
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING - SUPPLEMENTAL
RESTRAINT SYSTEM
P r oper dia gn osis a n d t est in g of t h e su pplem en t a l
r est r a in t syst em com pon en t s or t h e Air ba g Con t r ol
Modu le (ACM), in it ia liza t ion of t h e ACM, a s well a s
t h e r et r ieva l or er a su r e of a Dia gn ost ic Tr ou ble Code
(DTC) fr om t h e ACM r equ ir es t h e u se of a DRBIII
sca n t ool. Refer t o t h e a ppr opr ia t e dia gn ost ic in for-
m a t ion .
WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, on
vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supple-
mental restraint system before attempting any
steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt
tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel com-
ponent diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate
the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two
minutes for the system capacitor to discharge
before performing further diagnosis or service. This
is the only sure way to disable the supplemental
restraint system. Failure to take the proper precau-
tions could result in accidental airbag deployment.
RESTRAINTS 8O - 5
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