Lincoln Navigator: Supplemental Restraint System / Side Airbag. Removal and Installation

Special Tool(s) / General Equipment

Removal

  WARNING: The following procedure prescribes critical repair steps required for correct restraint system operation during a crash. Follow all notes and steps carefully. Failure to follow step instructions may result in incorrect operation of the restraint system and increases the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.

NOTE: Removal steps in this procedure may contain installation details.

NOTE: RH (right-hand) seat shown, LH (left-hand) seat similar.

All seats

1.   WARNING: Before beginning any service procedure in this manual, refer to health and safety warnings in section 100-00 General Information. Failure to follow this instruction may result in serious personal injury.

   Refer to: Pyrotechnic Device Health and Safety Precautions (100-00 General Information, Description and Operation).
   

1. Remove the front seat.
   Refer to: Front Seat (501-10A Front Seats, Removal and Installation).
   

1. Remove the video display.
   Refer to: Information and Entertainment System - Component Location (415-00 Information and Entertainment System - General Information - Vehicles With: SYNC 4, Description and Operation).
   

1. Release the front seat wiring harness and electrical connector retainers and position the front seat wiring harnesses aside.
   

1. Detach the back panel straps from the seat track and position the back panel aside.
   

Seats with power head restraint

1. NOTICE: The back panel finish can be easily marred or torn, use care when working around it.

   Raise and partially separate the head restraint rear cover enough to disengage the clips from the back panel.
   Use the General Equipment: Interior Trim Remover

All seats

1. NOTE: The back panel finish can be easily marred or torn, use care when working around it.

   On both sides.
   Grasp the back panel where it meets the module trim, pull to release the clips and separate the back panel from the module trim.
   

1. NOTE: The back panel finish can be easily marred or torn, use care when working around it.

   On both sides.
   Using the interior trim remover, place it in between the plastic substrate and the clip, pry and detach the module clips from the back panel windows.
   Use the General Equipment: Interior Trim Remover

1. Pull out at the bottom, release the clips and detach the back panel from the backrest frame.
   

1. Pull out at the sides of the back panel.
   

Seats with power head restraint

1. Pull down and out and remove the back panel.
   

Seats with manual head restraint

1. Pull down and out and remove the back panel.
   

All seats

1. NOTE: Follow the unique instructions or graphic for this step in the installation.

   1. Remove the side airbag nuts.
      Torque: 62 lb.in (7 Nm)
   2. Detach the side airbag studs from the backrest frame.
      

1. 
   Remove the side airbag.
   
   1. Release the side airbag electrical connector locking tabs.
      
   2. Disconnect the side airbag electrical connector.
      

Installation

  WARNING: Incorrect repair techniques or actions can cause an accidental Supplemental Restraint System deployment. Make sure the restraint system is depowered before reconnecting the component. Refer to the Supplemental Restraint System depowering General Procedure in section 501-20B. Failure to precisely follow depowering instructions could result in serious personal injury from an accidental deployment.

1.   WARNING: Inspect the seat side airbag, airbag cavity, mounting surface and deployment chute for damage or the presence of foreign material. Remove all foreign material. Install a new side airbag if it is damaged. Install a new deployment chute if the deployment chute is damaged. Failure to follow these instructions may result in the seat side airbag deploying incorrectly and increase the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.

   To install, reverse the removal procedure.