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 ...
Other materials:
Heated Front Seats
WARNING
If you cannot feel temperature change or pain to the skin, the seat heater
may cause burns. To reduce the risk of burns, people with such a condition should
use care when using the seat heater, especially for long periods of time. Do not
place anything on the seat that insulates again ...
Inflatable Restraint Module Handling and Scrapping
Special Tools
EL-38826 SIR Deployment Harness
EL-39401-B SIR Deployment Fixture
For equivalent regional tools, refer to Special Tools.
Live and Undeployed Inflator Module
Warning: Refer to SIR Inflator Module Handling and Storage Warning
in the Preface section.
Take special care when h ...
Removal Procedure
Warning: Refer to Approved Equipment for Collision Repair Warning in the
Preface section.
Warning: Refer to Collision Sectioning Warning in the Preface section.
Warning: Refer to Glass and Sheet Metal Handling Warning in the Preface section.
Disable the SIR System. Refer to SIR
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