Chevrolet Cruze Repair Manual: Pretensioner Handling and Scrapping
Special Tools
- EL-38826 SIR Deployment Harness
- EL-39401-B SIR Deployment Fixture
For equivalent regional tools, refer to Special Tools.
Warning: When you are carrying an undeployed seat belt pretensioner:
- Do not carry the seat belt pretensioner by the wires or connector on the pretensioner.
- Do not touch the seat belt pretensioner in the area of the cable.
- Do not cover the tube opening with your hand.
- Keep the open end of the tube pointed away from you. Do not point the open end of the tube at another person.
- When the pretensioner deploys the cable retracts. This shortens the pretensioner between the buckle and the mounting bolt. Grasp the pretensioner by the piston tube.
Disregarding these precautions may result in personal injury or unnecessary SIR system repairs.
Deployment Inside Vehicle - Vehicle Scrapping Procedure
Deploy the inflator modules inside of the vehicle when destroying the vehicle
or when salvaging the vehicle for parts. This includes, but is
not limited to, the following situations:
The vehicl ...
Scrapping Procedure
During the course of a vehicle's useful life, certain situations may arise
which will necessitate the disposal of a live (undeployed)
pretensioner. The following information covers the proper proce ...
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Servicing the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle
Airbags affect how the vehicle should be serviced. There are parts of the airbag
system in several places around the vehicle. Your dealer and the service manual
have information about servicing the vehicle and the airbag system.
WARNING
For up to 10 seconds after the vehicle is turned off and ...
Intermediate Steering Shaft Replacement
Removal Procedure
Turn the steering wheel to the straight forward position and support it
from movement
Remove the 2 intermediate steering shaft bolts (1).
Remove the intermediate steering shaft (1).
Installation Procedure
Install the intermediate steering shaft ...
Transmission
Driver Shift Control (DSC) allows the automatic transmission to be shifted similar
to a manual transmission.
Electronic Range Select (ERS) allows for the selection of a range of gears.
Up-Shift Light
If the vehicle has a manual transmission, it will have an up-shift light that
indicates whe ...
