help with passenger side airbag, help!!!!!!!! Options

[spke719]

ok i need help on how to get this air bag out. i got all the bolts off from under the dash but it wont budge. to me it looks like you gotta pull the dash. but that sucks. the reason i ask is cuz my gf(moon719) needs both air bags. i got the driver side, that was easy. but cant seem to get the other side. so if you guys could give me a hand i would greatly appreciate it. if i gotta pull the dash then im gonna change her interior cuz it has some cracks in it.

[brianforster]

you have to pull the dash to remove and install the passenger side airbag, so you mid as well get crackin and be able to do it for your gf

also, dont forget to replace:

center airbag sensor/ecu (behind the ebrake)
and 2 front crash sensors

otherwise you will have the airbag light on and your airbags will possibly not work.

[spke719]

im not hookin them up, right now cuz i dont have time to do it. but if i put them in and pluged the wire up to them as soon as i turned the key they would go off cuz its sending a signal that they are already deployed.

[brianforster]

i dont know if thats true, playr158 replaced his airbags but not his sensors and his did not go off. im sure he will post more though, perhaps he never plugged them in.

[spke719]

i dont know if thats true, playr158 replaced his airbags but not his sensors and his did not go off. im sure he will post more though, perhaps he never plugged them in.

yeah thats what i was told would happen if u plugged them in and turned the key on. but who knows.

[playr158]

I KNOW

#1) you have to pull your ENITIRE dash out to remove the air bag there are 2 main gold bolts that hold the piece to the support beam attached to the car then there are 4 smaller bolts that hold it to the dash (you'll see these once the dash is out. then there are numerous screws on the backside that hold the lid onto the air bag

once you get all that out removed ect... (i will have a FULL write up with pictures on this monday night) then you can replace the air bags and reinstall the dash..be very carefull cause you have to unplug all the wires that are attached to the dash from their respective locations on the car, along with a few other bits and pieces..

you can plug in everything and start the car without the replaced sensors and ecu i've done it nothing blew up at me but i HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you replace your airbag ecu and sensors (two of them are mounted on teh radiator pillars in the bay) while doing it all

[spke719]

i pulled all the other bolts off i was just wonderin if i had to pull the dash. i do own a salvage yard. but my uncle said he could not help me at the time so i asked you guys. changin interiors is easy. but thanks for the help. i do appreciate it.

This post has been edited by spke719: Mar 15, 2006 - 5:03 PM