Passenger Airbag: Operation: Notes

The passenger airbag is equipped with two inflators, each with three levels of pressure output. The inflators seal the hole in the airbag cushion so it can discharge the gas it produces directly into the cushion when supplied with the proper electrical signal. Following an airbag deployment, the airbag cushion quickly deflates by venting this gas through the cushion material towards the instrument panel.

The passenger airbag is secured with screws to the instrument panel beneath the instrument panel top pad and above the glove box opening. The instrument panel top pad above the glove box opening conceals the airbag door and a predetermined hinge line beneath its decorative cover. Upon airbag deployment, the top pad will bend at the hinge line and the door will fold back out of the way onto the top of the instrument panel.

When the front airbag system is deployed, the following MUST  be replaced:

• Complete Steering Column Assembly.
• Lower Steering Column Coupler.
• Steering Wheel.
• Clock Spring.
• Driver Airbag.
• Passenger Airbag.
• Upper Instrument Panel with Pad.