OEM 2001 Toyota Celica Air Bag

2001 Toyota Celica Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How Should You Safely Deploy an Air Bag When Scrapping a Vehicle on 2001 Toyota Celica?

  A: The proper method for scrapping vehicles with SRS and disposing steering wheel pads with Air Bags requires using the specific Special Service Tool: 09082-00700 (SRS Air Bag Deployment Tool) to deploy the Air Bag first. Outdoor deployment of this operation should happen while maintaining a 10 m (33 ft) distance from the steering wheel pad during its activation period. Following Air Bag release the pad produces loud sounds while remaining extremely hot for thirty minutes so it should not be touched. Wear waterproof gloves accompanied by safety glasses for operating on the deployed Air Bag steering wheel pad after which you must wash your hands with water. Before deploying follow this procedure: have ready a battery as power source and double-check the functionality of the Special Service Tool while establishing the red clip to the battery positive (+) terminal and black clip to the battery negative (-) terminal and maintaining the yellow connector disconnected from the supplemental restraint system. Verify that the Special Service Tool activation switch works by pressing the button but do not operate the tool when it lights up without pressing the switch. Disassemble the tool from the battery power before removing the connector of the side Air Bag while protecting the Air Bag wire harness from damage. Establish a connection between the Special Service Tools 09082-00700 and 09082-00750 to the Air Bag connector but refrain from locking the secondary lock. Position the tool ten meters (33 feet) from the vehicle before closing windows and doors then coupling the tool back to the battery. When ready to deploy the Air Bag from the service tool activate it using the switch after checking that no one remains in the vehicle nor the 10 m (33 ft) area adjacent to it. The side Air Bag assembly requires a minimum 30-minute rest period after deployment while it should remain dry and handwashing is necessary. As part of vehicle scrapping it is necessary to deploy the Air Bag system while keeping the side Air Bag assembly in place. The Air Bag activation process begins when the LED of the Special Service Tool activation switch turns on at the same time.