User Guide

0 Let only qualified technicians work on your air bag
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Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle
system. lmproper service can mean that your air
bag system
won’t work properly. See your dealer
for service.
Air bags affect how
your vehicle should be serviced.
There are parts of
the air bag system in several places
around your vehicle.
You don’t want the system to
inflate while someone is working on your vehicle.
Your
GM dealer and the GM Service Manual have
information about servicing your vehicle and the air bag
NOTICE:
If you damage the covering for the driver’s or the
right front passenger’s
air bag, the bag may not
system. To purchase a service manual, see “Service and
Owner Publications”
in the Index.
work properly. You may have to replace the air
bag module in the steering wheel or both the
air
bag module and the instrument panel for the
right front passenger’s
air bag. Do not open or
break the air bag coverings.
For up to
10 minutes after the ignition key is
turned off and the battery is disconnected, an air
bag can still inflate during improper service. You
can be injured if you are close to an air bag when
it inflates. Avoid wires wrapped with yellow tape
or yellow connectors. They are probably part of
the air bag system. Be sure to follow proper
service procedures, and make sure the person
performing work for you is qualified to do
so.
The air bag system does not need regular maintenance.
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