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Dear jd620,
Hope you're well and glad - especially - that your daughter is OK, thanks to sound Swedish engineers!
I didn't know that insurance companies considered the outcome for an animal killed in an auto collision! How much did they deduct for the venison's value?
The first step in the replacement process is to remove the driver's seat, so you can access the SRS module, affixed to the floor pan.
DEATH DANGER WARNING: Before trying to remove the seat, remove the negative battery cable clamp from the battery terminal, and put the clamp in a plastic bag, to isolate it. This cuts power supply to the SRS (Airbag) System.
If, after the system has been restored, this sensor is banged - if you drop the seat on it, or drop a tool on it - the airbag could deploy. This can be lethal, at close quarters.
Yes! You should replace all of the bright orange SRS cables. Volvo considers them to be "expended" once the system has activated. The cable that goes to the passenger airbag is hard of access. It is secured with a heavy duty cable tie, that is next-to-impossible to reach, as it is behind the dashboard's center air vents.
To remove this cable from a salvage yard car, I took a hacksaw blade, and used a Dremel with a cutting disc, to cut a notch from the toothed edge of the blade to the round hole used to attach the blade to the hacksaw frame. I thus formed a hook. I then used a small grinding wheel to form a blade around the hole's circumference. I put this cutter around the cable tie and - with some "elbow grease" - was able to cut the cable tie and so to free the cable.
Do not try to open the passenger-side air bag. The cover is integral with the airbag, so is replaced as a unit. The passenger airbag is secured to the metal under-dash structural framing by two hexagonal nuts, that screw onto the airbag's studs.
I have never used the airbag resistor test tool.
When you have installed all of the replacement components - sensor, airbags, seatbelts, and cables - turn the ignirtion key to "start".
Then, go to the battery and replace the negative battery cable onto the battery's negative terminal. This restores power to the system, without you being near the airbags, when power is restored. With a bit of luck, nothing happens.
I hope the dashboard itself was not damaged by the deployment. Replacing a dash will be time-consuming.
Hope this helps.
Yours faithfully,
Spook
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