Land Rover Defender: Front Row Seatbelt Pretensioner

REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION

GENERAL EQUIPMENT

REMOVAL

WARNINGS:

• To prevent accidental deployment, you must de-energize the power in the Restraints Control Module (RCM). Wait at least 1 minutes after you disconnect the startup battery ground cable before you do any work on, of adjacent to, the Supplementary Restraint System (SRS). If you do not follow these instructions, it can cause injury or death.
• Always wear safety glasses when working on an airbag equipped vehicle and when handling an airbag.

  Failure to follow this instruction may result in personal injury.

• Do not connect any electrical test device or equipment to the SRS connectors.

NOTES:

• This procedure contains some variation in the illustrations depending on the vehicle specification, but the essential information is always correct.
• This procedure contains illustrations for left hand drive vehicles, right hand drive vehicles are similar.
• This procedure contains illustrations showing certain components removed to provide extra clarity.

The following step(s) applies to: All vehicles

1. Move the front row seat forward.

2. Disconnect the battery ground cable.

3. To avoid accidental deployment, wait at least 1 minutes after you disconnect the startup battery ground cable.

The following step(s) applies to: Vehicles without power seats

4.

Release the 11 clips and remove the trim panel.

The following step(s) applies to: Vehicles with power seats

5.

Release the 11 clips and remove the trim panel as illustrated.

The following step(s) applies to: All vehicles

6.

• Disconnect the electrical connector.
• Remove the access cover.

7.

• Remove the bolt.
• Release the front row seatbelt pretensioner.

8.

• Remove the bolt.
• Remove the bracket.

9.

CAUTION: Make sure that the plastic pin should not be removed from the webbing loop.

Remove the front row seatbelt pretensioner from the front row seatbelt.

INSTALLATION

The following step(s) applies to: All vehicles

1. Install the front row seatbelt pretensioner to the front row seatbelt.

2.

• Install the bracket.
• Install and tighten the bolt.

  Torque: 4Nm

3.

• Install the front row seatbelt pretensioner to the front row seat.
• Install and tighten the bolt.

  Torque: 40Nm

• Connect the electrical connector.

4. Install the access cover.

The following step(s) applies to: Vehicles without power seats

5. Install the trim panel.

The following step(s) applies to: Vehicles with power seats

6. Install the trim panel.

The following step(s) applies to: All vehicles

7. Connect the startup battery ground cable.

8. Reposition the front row seat.

9. If a new component has been installed, configure that component with the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) approved diagnostic equipment.

General Equipment: Jaguar Land Rover approved diagnostic equipment

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