Air Bag, Knee Blocker: Disassembly: Disassembly
To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor or instrument panel component 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 SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.
To avoid serious or fatal injury, service of this unit should be performed only by Chrysler-trained and authorized dealer service technicians. Failure to take the proper precautions or to follow the proper procedures could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper airbag deployment and possible occupant injuries.
To avoid serious or fatal injury, use extreme care to prevent any foreign material from entering the knee blocker airbag (also known as the Knee AirBag/KAB or the Inflatable Knee Blocker/IKB), or becoming entrapped between the airbag cushion and the deployment door. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.
To avoid serious or fatal injury, the knee blocker airbag (also known as the Knee AirBag/KAB or Inflatable Knee Blocker/IKB) deployment door must never be painted. Replacement deployment doors are serviced in the original colors. Paint may change the way in which the material of the deployment door responds to an airbag deployment. Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.
The following procedures can be used to replace the Knee AirBag (KAB) (also known as the Inflatable Knee Blocker/IKB) deployment door. If the KAB is deployed, the airbag and the deployment door must both be replaced.
- Disconnect and isolate the negative cable from the battery. Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before further service.
- Remove the Knee AirBag (KAB) and deployment door unit from the instrument panel. Refer to AIR BAG, KNEE BLOCKER, REMOVAL .
- Place the KAB and deployment door unit on a suitable work surface with the deployment door (3) facing down. If the deployment door will be reused, be certain to take the proper precautions to prevent the door from receiving cosmetic damage during the following procedures.
- Disengage each of the five hooks (2) on the upper edge of the KAB housing (1) from the windows in the upper vertical wall of the receptacle on the back of the deployment door. To disengage the hooks, use hand pressure to push the edge of the airbag housing firmly and evenly downward into the deployment door receptacle, while at the same time pulling outward on the upper edge of the deployment door receptacle wall.
- With all of the upper hooks disengaged, rotate the upper edge of the KAB housing toward the lower edge of the deployment door to disengage the six hooks (4) on the lower edge of the housing from the windows on the lower wall of the deployment door receptacle.
- Remove the KAB housing from the deployment door.