How to Remove Airbag Horn Switch Cover 2005-10 Chrysler 300
Created on: 2017-02-06
How to replace an airbag cover on 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 Chrysler 300
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step 1 :Disconnecting the Battery
- Disconnect the negative ground with a 10mm socket and ratchet
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step 2 :Disconnecting the Air Bag
- Telescope the steering wheel out
- Remove the 10mm screws located on the back of the steering wheel
- Pull the air bag and steering wheel cover out
- Ground your hands on some metal
- Disconnect the yellow marked connectors (air bag connectors)
- Disconnect the horn connectors
- Place the bag face down and somewhere dry
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step 3 :Removing the Air Bag Cover
- Push the air bag cover in
- Lift up on the skirts and slide them over the tabs
- Slide the air bag down and out
- Lift the wiring out of the retainer hook on the back
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step 4 :Installing the Air Bag Cover
- Slide the air bag cover over the air bag
- Slide the connector under its hook
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step 5 :Installing the Air Bag
- Touch metal components of the vehicle
- Reconnect the air bag and horn connectors
- Lay the air bag into the wheel
- Tighten the two 10mm bolts
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step 6 :Reconnecting the Battery
- Turn the key to the on position
- Connect the negative terminal with a 10mm socket and ratchet
Tools needed
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Flat Blade Screwdriver
Gloves
Ratchet
10mm Socket
Socket Extensions
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In this video, we're going to be working with or 2006 Chrysler 300. We're going to show you how to remove and replace your vehicle's airbag cover as well as the horn switch, which is integrated into that cover and can be replaced separately from your airbag.
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Here are the items you will need for this repair.
Lift up the cargo cover with the rear carpet here. You'll find our battery underneath. Using a 10 millimeter socket and ratchet, we'll disconnect the ground for our battery first, lift up, and hang it out of the way where it won't get damaged.
Be sure that your steering wheel is telescoped all the way out and facing forward before working on any part of the column. Using a 10 millimeter socket and ratchet, remove the 10 millimeter screws located on the back of the steering wheel; there’s one on either side. These are usually captured screws, which means once they're backed out all the way, they don't actually come out of the steering wheel. These do. You may have to move it just a little bit to get the screw on this side. That's all right. Just make sure it's centered when you remove it.
Carefully pull the airbag and steering wheel cover toward you. Be sure to disconnect all your connections from the back of the airbag, not the steering wheel side. Yellow marked connectors mean that they are part of the airbag system, so be extra careful with those and make sure you touch some metal surfaces a few times before working on them as a static shock can set this bag off. Then we have our horn connection at the top. Remove this retainer from threads.
Just so you can see what I did, this tab right here is what secures the horn connector, so I just put my thumb nail under there and just lifted that up a little to slide it off. Now, make sure you place this bag facedown under something solid like a workbench or at least far away from you while you're working and somewhere dry. Again, just so you can see what I was doing when removing the air bag connections, there's these two little tabs, one on each side at the three and nine o'clock positions, you just pinch those together and pull back. Don't worry about remembering where these go because they are color-coated. To remove the airbag cover, push all the way in until you see these tabs slide out of the openings. At which point, you'll lift up on the skirts here and slide them over the tabs. You may need a small flat-blade just to help pop them over. Once those are done, work your way around. There are two on each side and three at the top. It'll all come off the exact same way.
Once you've got three sides of tabs out, you should just be able to slide it down and out of the way. Now, you can lift the wiring out of this little retainer hook here. Push down on the tabs for the retainer clip here. Slide them through the opening. Unsnap the retainer and you can now replace your airbag cover and horn switch. They're all one piece here.
Slide your new airbag cover over your airbag until the hooks slide into place. Do this all the way around. Slide the connector back under its hook and lock it back into place and you're ready to reinstall your airbag and cover with horn switch, into the wheel. Touch some metal components of the vehicle to make sure that there's no static charge on your body and reconnect your airbag connectors. Snap that retainer back over the stud and reconnect the horn. Lay your airbag back into the wheel and reinstall the two 10 millimeter bolts with your 10 millimeter socket and ratchet.
Turn your key to the on position and reconnect your battery. What this does is ensures that there is power going to the airbag when you connect the battery back here where you're safe as opposed to connecting your battery going into the vehicle and sitting in front of the SRS system you just worked on, engaging the key and risking being hit by a malfunctioning airbag or clock spring component.
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