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Deployment Inside the Vehicle

When disposing of a vehicle, deploy air bag modules and seat belt pre-tensioners while they are mounted in vehicle.

CAUTION: When deploying air bag module or seat belt pre-tensioner,ensure vehicle is empty.

1. Disconnect both the vehicle battery cables and wait 3 minutes.
2. Disconnect air bag modules and seat belt pre-tensioner connector.
3. Connect deployment tool [SST: KV99106400 (J38381)] to air bag module or seat belt pre-tensioner.
For front passenger air bag module, attach deployment tool adapter [SST: KV991065S0 (J38381-30)] to the tool connector.
For seat belt pre-tensioner, attach deployment tool adapter [SST: KV999R0020 (J38381-50)] to the tool connector.






4. Connect red clip of deployment tool to battery positive terminal and black clip to negative terminal.
5. The lamp on the right side of the tool, marked "deployment tool power", should glow green, not red.
6. Press the button on the deployment tool. The left side lamp on the tool, marked "air bag connector voltage", will illuminate and the air bag module or seat belt pre-tensioner will deploy.

CAUTION: Activate only one air bag module or seat belt pre-tensioner at a time.