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Wiring harness, airbag

Wiring harness, airbag


Warning

The joining of SRS cables is forbidden.

Joining can cause functional disorders that make the system unusable and can lead to personal injuries


Changing

Note

If the car is fitted with a radio other than a Saab original radio, check that the customer has the radio code before you begin work.



1. Disconnect the negative lead of the battery.

2. Remove the glovebox lid.

3. Remove the RH seat

4. Remove the floor console.

5. Remove the centre console and end plates.

6. Remove the steering wheel and dashboard.

7. Remove the main instrument unit.

8. Remove the radio.

9. Remove SID.

10. Remove the bottom of the dashboard and the knee shield on the LH side.

11. Remove the main fuse board of the dashboard.

12. Remove the heating system's duct for floor discharge on the LH side.

13. Remove the connector to the airbag control module.

14.
Attach the spare parts harness connector to the airbag control module.

15. Attach the spare parts harness grounding cable to grounding point G4 (airbag control module's grounding point).

16. Unplug the 10-pin connector in front of the airbag control module.

17. Prise out the green wire from pin 5 and the white wire from pin 6 of the connector.

18. Prise in the green wire in pin 5 and the white wire in pin 6 in the spare parts harness connector.

19. Connect the spare parts harness connector to the car's standard wiring harness.

20.
Place the spare parts harness along the standard harness in the RH side of the floor console up to behind the radio socket.

21.
Place the harness in the cable channel at the RH support and secure it with tape.

22.
Cars without passenger airbag: Isolate the excess cable for the passenger airbag. Fix the cable in place with a cable tie and tape.

Cars with passenger airbag: Unplug the connector from the passenger airbag. Isolate and secure it with tape so that it does not move. Plug in the spare parts harness connector.

Warning

If the passenger airbag has been disconnected, check that the customer has a valid contract for the disconnected airbag and that a warning label with the text "Passenger airbag disconnected" is clearly visible on the dashboard.


23. Place the harness along the instrument harness above the main instrument unit and then down the exterior.

24. Prise out the blue wire in pin 1 in the 20-pin connector of the main instrument unit

25. Prise in the spare parts harness' blue wire in pin 1

26.
Use tape to secure the spare parts harness to the car's standard harness above and on the side of the main instrument unit

27.
Place the spare parts harness connector for the steering wheel connection along the car's standard harness to the steering wheel. Secure the harness with a cable tie as illustrated.

Important

It is essential the cable ties are placed as illustrated to avoid damaging the wiring harness.


28.
Place the remaining portion of the harness over the cable to the LH speaker behind the grounding points.

29.
The sleeve with the two black/white wires is pulled to the data link connector under the steering wheel.

30. Prise out data link connector pin 8

31. Prise in the spare parts harness' sleeve with the black/white wires in pin 8

32.
Prise out the red/blue wire from fuse 18 in the dashboard's main fuse board.

33. Prise in the spare parts harness' red/blue wire in fuse 18

34. Place the remaining black/white wire behind the metal bracket down to the black 33-pin connector below the LH A-pillar.

35. Unplug the black 33-pin connector.

36. Prise out the black/white wire in pin 26.

37. Prise in the spare parts harness' black/white wire in pin 26.

38. Put the connector back together.

39. Isolate all removed pins with tape and tape them up against the wiring harness so that they do not cause rattles.

40. Cut off excess harness at the airbag control module so as to make room for the spare parts harness.

41. Fit the heating system's duct for floor discharge on the LH side.

42. Fit the dashboard's main fuse board.

43. Fit the bottom of the dashboard and the knee shield on the LH side.

44. Fit the SID and radio.

45. Fit the main instrument unit.

46. Fit the steering wheel and dashboard.

47. Fit the centre console and end plates.

48. Fit the floor console.

49. Fit the RH seat.

50. Fit the glovebox lid.

51. Connect the battery's negative lead.

52. Start the engine and check to make sure the airbag lamp does not light.

53. Erase all DTCs in SRS.

54. Set the clock and program the radio code if applicable.