Dodge Nitro. Manual - part 244

Fig. 56: Identifying Passenger Airbag Door, Airbag Housing, Lower Hooks & Receptacle 
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1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable. Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge 

before further service.  

2. Remove the passenger airbag from the instrument panel. See REMOVAL.  

3. Place the passenger airbag on a suitable work surface with the passenger airbag door (1) facing down. If 

the airbag door will be reused, be certain to take the proper precautions to prevent the airbag door from 
receiving cosmetic damage during the following procedures.  

4. Disengage each of the upper hooks of the airbag housing (2) from the windows in the upper wall of the 

receptacle (4) on the back of the airbag door. To disengage the hooks, use hand pressure to push the 
adjacent edge of the airbag housing firmly and evenly downward into the airbag door receptacle, while at 
the same time pulling outward on that edge of the receptacle wall.  

5. With all of the upper hooks disengaged, roll the top of the airbag housing upward to disengage the lower 

hooks (3) then lift the housing, inflator and cushion from the receptacle on the back of the passenger 
airbag door.  

PASSENGER AIRBAG INSTRUMENT PANEL BRACKET 

WARNING:

To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable 
the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering 
wheel, steering column, airbag, Occupant Classification System (OCS), 
seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component 
diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) 
cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before 
performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to 
disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in 
accidental airbag deployment.

WARNING:

To avoid serious or fatal injury, service of this unit should be performed 
only by DaimlerChrysler-trained and authorized dealer service 

 

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Fig. 57: Identifying Airbag Housing, Nuts & Passenger Airbag Instrument Panel Bracket 
Courtesy of CHRYSLER LLC 

1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable. Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge 

before further service.  

2. Remove the passenger airbag from the instrument panel. See REMOVAL.  

3. Place the passenger airbag instrument panel bracket (3) facing up. Be certain to take the proper 

precautions to prevent the airbag door from receiving cosmetic damage during the following procedures.  

4. Remove the two nuts (2) that secure the bracket to the two studs on the top of the airbag housing (1).  

5. Remove the bracket from the studs.  

ASSEMBLY 

PASSENGER AIRBAG DOOR 

technicians. Failure to take the proper precautions or to follow the proper 
procedures could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper airbag 
deployment and possible occupant injuries.

WARNING:

To avoid serious or fatal injury, use extreme care to prevent any foreign 
material from entering the passenger airbag, or becoming entrapped 
between the passenger airbag cushion and the passenger airbag door. 
Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon 
airbag deployment.

WARNING:

To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable 
the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering 
wheel, steering column, airbag, Occupant Classification System (OCS), 
seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component 
diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) 
cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before 

 

2007 Dodge Nitro R/T 

2007 RESTRAINTS Service Information - Nitro

  

Fig. 58: Identifying Passenger Airbag Door, Airbag Housing, Lower Hooks & Receptacle 
Courtesy of CHRYSLER LLC 

1. Place the passenger airbag door (1) on a suitable work surface with the airbag receptacle (4) facing up. Be 

certain to take the proper precautions to prevent the airbag door from receiving cosmetic damage during 

performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to 
disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in 
accidental airbag deployment.

WARNING:

To avoid serious or fatal injury, service of this unit should be performed 
only by DaimlerChrysler-trained and authorized dealer service 
technicians. Failure to take the proper precautions or to follow the proper 
procedures could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper airbag 
deployment and possible occupant injuries.

WARNING:

To avoid serious or fatal injury, use extreme care to prevent any foreign 
material from entering the passenger airbag, or becoming entrapped 
between the passenger airbag cushion and the passenger airbag door. 
Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon 
airbag deployment.

WARNING:

To avoid serious or fatal injury, the passenger airbag door must never be 
painted. Replacement airbag doors are serviced in the original colors. 
Paint may change the way in which the material of the airbag door 
responds to an airbag deployment. Failure to observe this warning could 
result in occupant injuries upon airbag deployment.

NOTE:

The following procedures can be used to replace the passenger airbag door. If 
the passenger airbag is deployed, the passenger airbag unit and the airbag 
door must both be replaced.

 

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the following procedures.  

2. Carefully position the passenger airbag housing (2) into the airbag door receptacle.  

3. Work around the perimeter of the unit engaging each of the nine hooks (3) on the housing through the 

windows in the upper and lower walls of the airbag door receptacle.  

4. After the passenger airbag has been assembled, try pulling the airbag door and the airbag housing away 

from each other. Visually verify that this action has fully seated all of the windows of the airbag door into 
the cradles of the airbag housing hooks.  

5. Reinstall the passenger airbag into the instrument panel. See INSTALLATION.  

PASSENGER AIRBAG INSTRUMENT PANEL BRACKET 

WARNING:

To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable 
the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering 
wheel, steering column, airbag, Occupant Classification System (OCS), 
seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component 
diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) 
cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before 
performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to 
disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in 
accidental airbag deployment.

WARNING:

To avoid serious or fatal injury, service of this unit should be performed 
only by DaimlerChrysler-trained and authorized dealer service 
technicians. Failure to take the proper precautions or to follow the proper 
procedures could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper airbag 
deployment and possible occupant injuries.

WARNING:

To avoid serious or fatal injury, use extreme care to prevent any foreign 
material from entering the passenger airbag, or becoming entrapped 
between the passenger airbag cushion and the passenger airbag door. 
Failure to observe this warning could result in occupant injuries upon 
airbag deployment.

 

2007 Dodge Nitro R/T 

2007 RESTRAINTS Service Information - Nitro