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PASSENGER AIRBAG DESCRIPTION The passenger airbag is located behind the passen- ger airbag cover, between the glove box and instru- The passenger airbag includes a stamped steel housing within which the cushion and inflator are Following a passenger airbag deployment, the pas- senger airbag and the passenger airbag cover must OPERATION The hybrid-type inflator assembly includes a small canister of highly compressed argon gas. The inflator porous fabric material used on each end panel of the The passenger airbag is secured with screws to the instrument panel structural duct beneath the instru- REMOVAL NON-DEPLOYED AIRBAG (1) Open hood. cable. (3) Wait two minutes for the system reserve capac- itor to discharge before servicing any airbag compo- (4) Remove instrument panel top cover (Refer to 23 - BODY/INSTRUMENT PANEL/INSTRUMENT (5) Open glove box, push in on the box/bin sides and lower to floor. (6) Remove the right instrument panel end cap. along the bottom end of the airbag cover. (8) Remove two passenger airbag cover screws along the top edge of the airbag cover. (9) Remove two nuts retaining passenger airbag to instrument panel assembly inside glove box opening (10) Lift airbag up until the wire connector is vis- ible and disconnect the wire connector from airbag. (11) Remove passenger airbag from vehicle. Fig. 27 PASSENGER AIRBAG LOCATION 1 - INSTRUMENT PANEL SPEAKER Fig. 28 PASSENGER AIRBAG RETAINING NUTS 8O - 16 RESTRAINTS PT |