This guide provides instructions on how to remove the steering wheel and airbag on Nissan vehicles.
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What you will need
Procedure
- Park the Nissan and apply the parking brakes.
- Open the hood and disconnect the negative battery terminal. Wait for five minutes before working on any airbag component.
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- Remove Nissan driver's airbag. There are two bolts on the side of the steering wheel that you need to remove.
- Once the two bolts are removed, you can pull the airbag out.
- Watch the video on how to remove the Nissan steering wheel.
- Loosen up the steering wheel 19mm center bolt and remove the steering wheel.
- Unplug the wires from the steering wheel.
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- Install the new steering wheel in reverse order. Tighten the steering wheel center bolt to 34Nm or as recommended by the manufacturer.
- Watch the video on how to install the Nissan steering wheel.
- Install the driver airbag. Connect the wire harness first, then secure the airbag in the steering wheel using the two side TORX bolts. Tighten the TORX bolts to 9.5 Nm.
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- Connect the negative terminal. Start the Nissan and ensure the airbag light is off. If the light is still on, an airbag OBD2 scanner that can read Nissan codes is required to read and clear the codes.