General System Precautions

WARNING: All the air bag system components, including the wiring harness, MUST be renewed after the airbags have deployed.

GENERAL PRECAUTIONS





1. Carefully inspect any air bag part before installing. Do not install any part that shows signs of being dropped or improperly handled, such as dents, cracks or deformation.





2. Always remove the key from the starter switch before beginning work.





3. Always disconnect both the negative '-' cable and positive '+' cable at the battery before beginning work. Disconnect the negative cable first.


CAUTION: The air bag system has sufficient stored energy to deploy airbags for up to 20 minutes.


4. To continue work immediately, disconnect the driver's air bag and passenger's air bag (where fitted) at the connections.
5. Do not try to dismantle the air bag module. There are NO separately serviceable parts. Once an air bag has been deployed, it cannot be repaired or reused.
6. Do not install used air bag parts from another vehicle. When repairing, use only new air bag parts.





7. Do not use electrical test equipment on the air bag harness or connectors. Tampering with or disconnecting the harness could result in accidental firing of the air bag or make the system inoperative, which may result in serious injury.
8. An air bag system fault can only be diagnosed using TestBook*.
9. The air bag module contains Sodium Azide which is poisonous and extremely flammable. Contact with water, acid or heavy metals may produce harmful or explosive compounds. Do not dismantle, incinerate or bring into contact with electricity.

*TestBook is a Land Rover proprietary testing tool.