Occupant Restraint Controller - Removal

REMOVAL

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) 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.

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





1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable. Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before further service.
2. Remove the center floor console from the floor panel transmission tunnel. Floor Console - Removal.





3. Disconnect the two wire harness connectors (1 and 2) from the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) connector receptacles located on the rearward facing side of the module.





4. Move the sound deadening material (1) aside as necessary to access the ORC fasteners.





5. Remove the three screws (1) that secure the ORC (2) to the ORC bracket that is welded onto the top of the floor panel transmission tunnel.
6. Lift the ORC far enough to disengage the locating pins and remove the ORC from the bracket.