Modular Wiring Routing, Disconnecting And Connecting
Individual Wire, Removing
Risk of airbag deployment.
Risk of injury.
- Check if the airbag indicator lamp turns on or blinks.
- If the airbag indicator lamp turns on or blinks, the DTC memory must be read.
- If >>short circuit to positive<< is a DTC memory entry, disconnect the battery. Refer to BATTERY, DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING .
- If there is a DTC memory entry, the Guided Fault Finding instructions on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester must always be followed.
- If the airbag indicator lamp does not turn on or blink, or there is no DTC memory entry with >>short circuit to positive<< : switch off the ignition, keep the ignition key outside of the vehicle and wait 10 seconds.
-- Remove the front seat. Refer to FRONT SEAT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
-- Secure the front seat to the : VAS 6136 . Refer to FRONT SEAT, MOUNTING ON FIXTURE FOR SEAT REPAIR .
-- Open the cable holder -1- for the wire routing on the seat pan using a screwdriver; release the hook -2- to do this.
-- Remove the corrugated tube -3- from the cable holder -1-.
-- Open the front cable holder -1- using a screwdriver to release the hook -3-.
-- Remove wiring bracket from the corrugated tube -2-.
-- Disconnect the halves of the corrugated tube.
-- Cut the cable tie if necessary to remove a single wire.
TIP:
Replacing a faulty wire or thorax airbag. Refer to WIRING HARNESSES AND CONNECTORS, REPAIRING .
-- Cut through the cable tie and remove the individual wire.
Individual Wire, Installing
Pyrotechnical components can deploy unintentionally.
Risk of injury.
- Discharge the static electricity: quickly touch the door striker.
Install in the reverse order of removal while noting the following:
- When bundling and placing individual wires, make sure the wires are not twisted.
- During installation, all cable ties, cable holders and clips must be installed at the same location.
- Make sure the connectors are pushed in all the way and that they engage audibly.