Suzuki Grand Vitara 1998, Service Manual

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YH4
GRAND
VITARA
1. Exhaust hole
1
1
NG
10B-92 AIR BAG SYSTEM
17) Put on a pair of shop gloves to protect your hands from possible
irritation and heat when handling the activated seat belt preten-
sioner.
NOTE:
As a precaution, gloves and safety glasses are recom-
mended to prevent any possible irritation of the skin or
eyes.
18) Disconnect the deployment harness from the seat belt preten-
sioner as soon after activation as possible. This will prevent
damage to the deployment harness due to possible contact
with the hot seat belt pretensioner canister. The deployment
harness are designed to be reused. They should, however, be
inspected for damage after each activation and replaced if nec-
essary.
19) Carefully remove drop cloth from vehicle and clean off any frag-
ments or discard drop cloth entirely.
20) Repeat steps 2) through 19) to activate seat belt pretensioner
which has not been activated, if any.
21) In the unlikely event that either or both of the seat belt preten-
sioners proceed immediately with steps 23) through 25). If the
seat belt pretensioner did activate, proceed with step 22).
22) With pretensioners activated the vehicle may be scrapped in
the same manner as a non-air bag system equipped vehicle.
23) Remove the inactivated seat belt pretensioner(s) from the ve-
hicle. Refer to SECTION 10A.
WARNING:
For handling and storage of a live seat belt pretension-
er, select a place where the ambient temperature be-
low 65
C (150 F), without high humidity and away
from electric noise.
Never carry the seat belt pretensioner by the wires or
connector on the underside of the pretensioner.
When placing a live seat belt pretensioner on the
workbench or some place like that, be sure not to lay
it with its exhaust hole provided side facing down. It
is also prohibited to put something on its face with an
exhaust hole or to put a seat belt pretensioner on top
of another.
Otherwise, personal injury may result.