Removing and installing airbag unit on driver side, 2011►: VW Phaeton

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Phaeton (3D)

• Special tools named: locking bar

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• Ensure electrical connector is pushed fully onto stop and engages audibly.Ensure that no wires are trapped.
• Position driver side airbag in steering wheel, and push it in until it audibly engages. Hands must be positioned on edges for this.

📋 Procedure

1. ⚠ Refer to safety precautions when working on airbag . — Move steering wheel to rearmost and lowest position.
2. Use the full adjustment range of the steering column adjustment for this purpose.
3. To prevent the steering column switch trim from being scratched, mask it with commercially available adhesive tape.
4. Turn steering wheel so that the opening on backside of steering wheel is exactly in top position.
5. Insert screwdriver centrally at upper end of aperture, and insert it 11 mm deep.

6. Release locking bar (1) for driver side airbag (2)(arrows).
7. Turn steering wheel through 180° and repeat procedure on opposite side of steering wheel.
8. Return steering wheel to mid-position (wheels pointing straight ahead).
9. Disconnect battery earth cable with ignition switched on Electrical system27Battery; Connecting and disconnecting battery.
10. ⚠ Before handling pyrotechnical components (e.g. separating the electrical connector), the person handling them must "“electrically discharge”" himself. To do this e.g. briefly touch the door striker plate. — Carefully pull driver side airbag (3) slightly out of steering wheel.
11. Press connector lock (2), and pull off connector (1)(arrow).
12. Disconnect connector for multifunction steering wheel. [Note: Ensure electrical connector is pushed fully onto stop and engages audibly.Ensure that no wires are trapped.]
13. ⚠ Observe safety instructions for pyrotechnic components .Before handling pyrotechnic components (e.g. connecting the electrical connector), the person handling them must ensure that he/she is "“electrically discharged”". To do this e.g. briefly touch the door striker plate. — Connect connector.
14. Position driver side airbag in steering wheel, and push it in until it audibly engages. Hands must be positioned on edges for this.
15. ⚠ Battery must be connected with ignition switched on. If pyrotechnic components (e.g. airbag, seat belt tensioners) are repaired incorrectly, undesired triggering may occur after the battery is connected. Ensure that nobody is in vehicle when connecting battery. — Connect battery earth cable with ignition switched on Electrical system27Battery; Connecting and disconnecting battery.
16. ⚠ If the ignition has not yet been switched on after the battery has been reconnected "“warning lamps in dash panel insert are off”", the ignition (key or button) must only be switched on while sitting on the driver seat and with the seat set to rearmost position. — Finally, read and clear event memory of airbag control unit since faults may be stored as a result of disconnecting electrical connectors .

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