Taking out dashboard and steering wheel air bag

**mik sri** · 12th March 2009, 17:39

Hi all , iv just bought a salvage 06 sri vectra and tryin to tackle the airs bags , does any 1 no the beat way of doin this ???

**plasma** · 12th March 2009, 17:58

just done the same thing myself mate and welcome first of all

Screw driver is used on the underside of the steering wheel to gently prise a little lever as your doing this gently pull the airbag towards you. Then do the otherside, they are at the 3oclock and 9oclock the positions on the underside of the wheel.

You'll have to change the whole dash if the passenger bag has blown through it. Any probs gimme a shout. by the way, the steering wheel airbag is a git to remove, be patient and dont force it too much.

**soulman** · 12th March 2009, 18:21

you,ll have a lot of fun doing this

**mik sri** · 12th March 2009, 18:23

hey thanxs for the quick reply , i got told the dash comes away in 2 is that rite ? if thats the case its just the upper part to remove . i had a quick tinker this morn but looks like to me the dash is in 1 peice ,also do u no of any good places to get the bits as there hard to come by lol and i thought it was goin to be straight forward !!

**soulman** · 12th March 2009, 18:48

dash is one piece...you need to remove everything in the front IE steering wheel glove box .centre consul
radio radio cage both A pillar covers the list is endless.and be careful of the centre speaker in the centre dash airvent

plasma got most pieces off of fleabay

ck out plasma little project thread and you will see the extent of work involved

**Duncan** · 12th March 2009, 18:53

Don't forget that the battery needs disconnected and left for 15 mins before you start prodding around the airbags. Probably obvious but thought best mentioned as it hadn't been in this thread.

**plasma** · 12th March 2009, 18:58

15mins isnt a must, Vx recommend 1 min, but people allow 15mins 'just in case'. You can buy a new front end with everything you need, but there arent a lot of these being sold and are quite costly.

As an example I paid £350 for the dash, drivers airbag, passenger airbag, selt belt tensioners and ECU. You MUST match the idents (two letters like DW for example) on these items to the replacement items you source.

What engine/year car you fixing? Some piccies would be nice to see a before and after shot.