Deployment Inside the Vehicle

DEPLOYMENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE is proper when the vehicle is to be destroyed or salvaged for component parts. This includes, but is not limited to, the following situations:

1. Where the vehicle has completed its useful life.

2. Where the vehicle has been damaged beyond repair in a nondeployment-type accident.

3. Where the vehicle has been stripped or damaged beyond repair in a theft.

4. Where the vehicle will be salvaged for component parts to be used on a different Vehicle Identification Number as opposed to being rebuilt as the same Vehicle Identification Number. This is done to ensure SIR system integrity since only new SIR system components may be used in servicing a SIR equipped vehicle. Never use SIR components from another vehicle. Always replace SIR components with new components.

Procedures for deployment of a live (undeployed) inflator module within the vehicle are contained in Section 9J, "Supplemental Inflatable Restraint System Introduction", of the Service Information Manual.