Removal - Dodge Sprinter 2006 Manual

8O - 10 RESTRAINTS

REMOVAL

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, never
strike or drop the airbag control module as it can
damage the impact sensor or affect its calibration.
The airbag control module contains the impact sen-
sor, which enables the system to deploy the supple-
mental restraints. If an airbag control module is
accidentally dropped during service, the module
must be scrapped and replaced with a new unit.
Failure to observe this warning could result in acci-
dental, incomplete,
restraint deployment.
(1) Discon n ect a n d isola t e t h e ba t t er y n ega t ive
ca ble. Wa it t wo m in u t es for t h e syst em ca pa cit or t o
disch a r ge befor e fu r t h er ser vice.
(2) Move t h e dr iver side fr on t sea t t o it s m ost for-
wa r d posit ion for ea siest a ccess t o t h e sea t r iser
cover pa n el (F ig. 8).
or improper supplemental
Fig. 8 Airbag Control Module Location
1 - DRIVER SEAT
2 - AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE
3 - SEAT RISER
(3) Rem ove t h e t wo scr ews t h a t secu r e t h e cover
pa n el t o t h e t op of t h e sea t r iser u n der t h e dr iver
side fr on t sea t (F ig. 9).
Fig. 9 Seat Riser Cover
1 - DRIVER SEAT BACK
2 - COVER PANEL
3 - SCREW (2)
4 - SEAT RISER
(4) Rem ove t h e cover pa n el fr om t h e t op of t h e
dr iver side sea t r iser.
(5) Rem ove t h e t wo scr ews t h a t secu r e t h e con t r ol
m odu le br a cket t o t h e t op of t h e sea t r iser u n der t h e
dr iver side fr on t sea t (F ig. 10).
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