Third Row Seating Side Impact Sensor

Third Row Seating Side Impact Sensor


To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supplemental restraint system before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect the negative battery cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.


To avoid serious or fatal injury, never strike or drop the side impact sensor, as it can damage the impact sensor or affect its calibration. The side impact sensor enables the system to deploy the side SRS components. If an impact sensor is accidentally dropped during service, the sensor must be scrapped and replaced with a new unit. Failure to observe this warning could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper side SRS component deployment.

• The front and the third row seating side impact sensors are interchangeable.

Removing






- Disconnect the negative battery cable.

- Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before further service.

- Remove the quarter trim panel from the quarter inner panel (1). Refer to => [ Rear Quarter Trim Panel ] Rear Quarter Trim Panel.

- Disconnect the body wire harness connector (4) from the side impact sensor (2).

- Remove the screw (3) securing the side impact sensor to the quarter inner panel.

- Pull the side impact sensor straight out from the mounting location to disengage the anti-rotation pin on the base of the sensor from the clearance hole in the quarter inner panel.

- Remove the side impact sensor from the vehicle.

Installing






- Position the side impact sensor (2) to the quarter inner panel (1) above the rear wheel housing.

- Align and insert the anti-rotation pin on the base of the sensor into the clearance hole in the quarter inner panel.

- Install and tighten the screw (3) securing the side impact sensor to the quarter inner panel. Tighten the screw to 9 Nm (80 in lbs).

- Connect the body wire harness connector (4) to the side impact sensor.

- Install the quarter trim panel onto the quarter inner panel. Refer to => [ Rear Quarter Trim Panel ] Rear Quarter Trim Panel.

- Perform the SRS verification test procedure.