Jeep Cherokee 2000 Service Manual - page 491
Removal and Installation section of Group 8E -
Instrument Panel Systems for the procedures.
(8) Remove the four screws that secure the lower
flange of the passenger side airbag door to the
instrument panel upper glove box opening reinforce-
ment.
(9) Reach through and above the instrument panel
glove box opening to access and remove the two
screws that secure the passenger side airbag module
lower mounting brackets to the instrument panel
structural support.
(10) Remove the passenger side airbag module and
airbag door from the instrument panel as a unit.
(11) Remove the passenger side airbag door from
the airbag module. Refer to Passenger Side Airbag
Door in the Removal and Installation section of this
group for the procedures.
INSTALLATION
WARNING: USE EXTREME CARE TO PREVENT
ANY FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM ENTERING THE
PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG MODULE, OR BECOM-
ING ENTRAPPED BETWEEN THE AIRBAG CUSHION
AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DOOR. FAIL-
URE TO OBSERVE THIS WARNING COULD RESULT
IN OCCUPANT INJURIES UPON AIRBAG DEPLOY-
MENT.
(1) Install the passenger side airbag door onto the
airbag module. Refer to Passenger Side Airbag
Door in the Removal and Installation section of this
group for the procedures.
(2) Carefully position the passenger side airbag
module and airbag door in the instrument panel as a
unit.
(3) Reach through and above the instrument panel
glove box opening to install and tighten the two
screws that secure the passenger side airbag module
lower mounting brackets to the instrument panel
structural support. Tighten the screws to 11.8 N·m
(105 in. lbs.).
(4) Install and tighten the four screws that secure
the lower flange of the passenger side airbag door to
the instrument panel upper glove box opening rein-
forcement. Tighten the screws to 2.2 N·m (20 in.
lbs.).
(5) Install the glove box into the instrument panel.
Refer to Glove Box - Roll Down in the Removal
and Installation section of Group 8E - Instrument
Panel Systems for the procedures.
(6) Install and tighten the two screws that secure
the passenger side airbag module upper mounting
brackets to the top of the instrument panel struc-
tural support. Tighten the screws to 11.8 N·m (105
in. lbs.).
(7) Install and tighten the four screws that secure
the upper flange of the passenger side airbag door to
the instrument panel structural support. Tighten the
screws to 2.2 N·m (20 in. lbs.).
(8) Engage the passenger side airbag module wire
harness connector retainer in the mounting hole on
the top of the instrument panel structural support.
(9) Reconnect the passenger side airbag module
wire harness connector to the instrument panel wire
harness. Be certain that the connector is fully
engaged and latched.
(10) Install the top cover onto the instrument
panel. Refer to Instrument Panel Top Cover in the
Fig. 9 Passenger Side Airbag Module Connector
1 – AIRBAG DOOR
2 – PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WIRE HARNESS CONNECTOR
3 – AIRBAG HOUSING
Fig. 10 Passenger Side Airbag Module Remove/
Install
1 – INSTRUMENT PANEL
2 – SCREW
3 – PASSENGER AIRBAG MODULE
4 – SCREW
5 – GLOVE BOX DOOR
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PASSIVE RESTRAINT SYSTEMS
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)