Acura 3.5 RL, Manual

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Airbag, Side Airbag and Seat Belt Tensioner - '99 - 01 Models
Disposal (cont'd)
5. Buckle the seat belt, then pull out about 2 inches of
slack, make a loop with it, and hold the loop in
place with a clip as shown.
Simultaneously Deploying Airbags and
Triggering Seat Belt Tensioners:
1. Disconnect the negative cable and positive cable
from the battery.
2. Confirm that the special tool is functioning properly
by following the check procedure on the tool label
or the procedure on page
24-175 .
3. Disconnect the SRS main harness 18P connector
and the SRS floor harness 18P connector from the
SRS unit.
6. Connect a 12 volt battery to the tool:
• If the green light on the tool comes on, the ten-
sioner igniter circuit is defective and cannot trig-
ger the tensioner. Go to Damaged Airbag or Side
Airbag or Tensioner Special Procedure.
• If the red light on the tool comes on, the tensioner
is ready to trigger.
7. Push the tool's deployment switch to trigger the
tensioner igniter. The tensioner should take up the
slack in the belt (pop the clip off), and lock the belt
in its retracted position.
• If the tensioner works and the green light on the
tool comes on, continue with this procedure.
• If the tensioner doesn't work, yet the green light
comes on, its igniter is defective. Go to Damaged
Airbag or Side Airbag or Tensioner Special
Procedure.
During activation, the tensioner can
become hot enough to burn you. Wait 30 minutes
after activation before touching it.
8. Dispose of the complete tensioner assembly. No
part of it can be reused.
9. Repeat steps 3 thru 8 on the other side if that ten-
sioner has not been triggered.
4. Cut seven wires at the SRS main harness 18P con-
nector, and seven wires at the SRS floor harness
18P connector, as shown. Strip the ends of the
wires, then twist each of seven wires together into
two bunches.
5. Connect the alligator clips of the deployment tool to
the two bunches of twisted wires.