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00 - Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1 Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Safety measures when working on vehicles with a start/stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Safety precautions when using testers and measuring instruments during a road test . . . . 3
1.3 Safety measures when working with pyrotechnic components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.4 Storage, transportation and disposal of airbag, belt tensioner and battery isolator units
(pyrotechnic components) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5 Additional safety regulations for side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.6 Safety instructions for airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.7 Additional safety instructions for curtain airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.8 Deactivating the airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.9 Safety regulations for crash sensors (pressure sensors) for front side airbags . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.10 Additional safety instructions for repair work on seat occupied recognition for front passenger
airbag deactivation - country-specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.11 Measures for seat occupied recognition for front passenger airbag deactivation following an
accident - country-specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.12 Renewing pyrotechnic, electrical and mechanical components of the restraint system after
an accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.13 Checking airbag securing parts after an accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.14 Accident without airbag triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.15 Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.16 Checking seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.17 Check belt webbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.18 Checking inertia reel (locking mechanism) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.19 Visually checking belt buckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.20 Check operation of belt buckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.21 Checking belt relays, and buckle tongues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.22 Checking securing parts and anchorage points after an accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.23 Checking seat belt restraint function of seat belt for holding additional child seats (not for
driver seat belt) - country-specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.24 Checking child seat anchors after an accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.25 Safety instructions for automatic anti-dazzle interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.26 Safety precautions when working in vicinity of high-voltage components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.27 Safety precautions when working on a high-voltage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2 Repair notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1 General repair instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Contact corrosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.3 Routing and attachment of lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3 Hazard classification of high-voltage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
68 - Interior equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1 Compartments/covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1.1 Overview of fitting locations - storage compartments/covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1.2 Assembly overview - driver side dash panel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1.3 Assembly overview - steering column trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
1.4 Assembly overview - glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
1.5 Assembly overview - storage compartment in headliner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
1.6 Removing and installing dash panel cover on driver side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
1.7 Removing and installing dash panel insert trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
1.8 Removing and installing upper steering column trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
1.9 Removing and installing lower steering column trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1.10 Removing and installing footwell cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
1.11 Removing and installing glove compartment opener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
1.12 Removing and installing glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Transporter 2016 ➤
General body repairs, interior - Edition 03.2020
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