Side Air Bag: Service and Repair

Side Air Bag

Removal

WARNING:
- A side air bag must only be renewed if a fault flag has occurred. In the event of side air bag deployment due to side impact, the complete seat must be renewed.
- Following ten years in service, an air bag module must be removed and disposed of in the approved manner, and a new air bag must be fitted.
- Following disconnection of the battery, a period of at least fifteen minutes must be allowed to elapse before disconnecting the single-point sensing (SPS) unit and an elapse of 2 minutes allowed before disconnecting any other supplementary restraint system component.
- Air bags contain a chemical irritant. If an air bag is renewed, the discarded unit must be disposed of in accordance with current safety procedures.
- In the event of a fault rupturing the 10A battery supply fuse (F4 located in the fuse-box at the driver's end of the fascia), the fuse must not be renewed until the airbag/SRS system has been de-activated. Fuses of any other value must never be used, as this can cause disarm failure.

1. Remove battery cover and disconnect ground cable from battery terminal.
2. Remove seat from vehicle.
3. Remove seat back finisher.
4. Partially remove squab cover and foam pad for access.







5. Disconnect side air bag harness.
1. Release multiplug from retaining clip.
2. Disconnect air bag harness multiplug.







6. Slacken and remove the two air bag module mounting bracket to seat frame securing bolts.
7. Remove air bag module from seat and arrange for disposal in approved manner.

Installation

1. CAUTION: Side air bags are dedicated to either LH or RH seat installation. When the air bag module is installed, the multiplug connector must face the seat base.

Position air bag module on the seat frame ensuring that harness connector faces the seat base.
2. Fit and tighten the securing bolts.
3. Connect the air bag harness multiplug and fit multiplug onto retaining clip.

4. CAUTION:
- Hog rings removed during the following procedure must not be re-used. Do not commence the following procedure unless new hog rings are available. Use of used or non-Jaguar parts can impair air bag deployment and cause serious personal injury.
- Hog ring pliers must be used to install new hog rings. Use of ordinary pliers will result in ring deformation, leading to possible failure and personal injury during airbag deployment.

Fit the seat squab cover.
5. Fit the seat back finisher.
6. Connect ground cable to battery terminal and fit battery cover.