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Repair Procedures: Installation

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  1. Remove the Ignition from the vehicle.
  2. Disconnect the battery negative cable and wait for at least thirty seconds before beginning work.
  3. Install the SRSCM with the SRSCM mounting nuts (A) and bolt (B).

    Tightening torque: 

    7.8 - 11.8 N.m (0.8 - 1.2 kgf.m, 5.8 - 8.7 lb.ft)

    Fig 1: Locating Supplemental Restraint System Control Module Nuts And Bolt
    G12141968Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
  4. Connect the SRSCM harness connector.
  5. Install the floor console.

    (Refer to Body (Interior and Exterior) - "FLOOR CONSOLE ")

  6. Reconnect the battery negative cable.
  7. After installing the SRSCM, confirm proper system operation:

    Turn the ignition switch ON; the SRS indicator light should be turned on for about six seconds and then go off.