Chery A15 Maintenance Manual

Chapter Eight Internal Accessories

I. Front seat safety belt

Disassembly and installation
Disassemble doorsill scuff strip and
remove part of doorframe weather strip.

Remove the cover and loosen the set bolt

between safety belt and pillar B.

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Remove the nut, loosen the bolt on inner

lining of pillar B, and remove the upper
garnish of pillar B.

Loosen the two setscrews on the bottom

plate of pillar B and remove lower
garnish of pillar B.

Remove the decorative cover and loosen

the set bolts between safety belt and
vehicle floor, then the set bolt between
automatic locking device and pillar B.

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Loosen the set bolt for the turn plate and remove the turn plate. Then remove the belt
unit. Be careful not to make the belt twisted.
Installation procedures are in reversed order. Bear in mind that tightening torque for
set bolt between the safety belt and the automatic turning device is 50±10N•m. The
left seat safety belt shall turn 180º to the right and the right seat safety belt shall turn
180º to the left, as shown in the above figure.

II. Front seat safety belt lock

Disassembly and installation
Loosen the set bolt between the lock and the front seat frame.
Place the safety belt lock on upper part of the fixing lever while installing. Tighten the
set bolt with a tightening torque of 50±10N.m.

III. Rear seat safety belt

Disassembling and installing
Remove the decorative top of the nut.
Loosen the two set bolts between the
safety belt and C column and the rear wheel
cover.

Loosen the set bolt of the automatic

winder and fold the safety belt. Be careful
not to twist the belt because the belt has
been disengaged from its fixing device and
the belt is reversely wound around the automatic
winder.

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IV. Middle and rear rows

safety belt lock

Disassembling and installing
Fold the rear seat forwardly till the
set bolt for the lock can be touched.
Loosen the set bolt for the lock and
the bolt between the safety belt of the middle seat
and the chassis.
Installing procedures are in the
reversed order. Bear in mind that
tightening torque for the safety belt of
the middle seat and the lock is 50±10N.m.

V. Height regulator
Disassembling and installing
For the models with safety belt height
regulator, the two set bolts between it
and B column should be loosened.

Installing procedures are in the

reversed order.

VI. Internal rear view mirror

Disassembling and installing
Rotate the internal rear view mirror
until angle between its arm and the
vehicle is 15º ～20º.

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Installing procedures are in the

reversed order.

Adhering of glass
Remove adhesives on the glass with the
wire brush. Polish the area to be adhered
with 360/400 grain sand paper. Keep the
surface clean without any dust and grease.

Scrape off adhesive on the windscreen

with the glass scraper.

Don’t damage the protective lacker

coating, on which scratches can be normally

seen.

Mark the location of the mirror board with the marks facing upward. Use a point

with distance A=12 mm from the lacker as the center, clean the area to be adhered
with detergent. Then dry it with non-peeling cloth.
Spray base coating on surface of the glass and timber. Dry them in open air for
at least 10 minutes. Dip the sealing glue filter in water and heat it to 50℃ then use it.
Evenly apply a 2mm layer of sealing material on glass surface.
For fitting of the glass fixing board, use adhesive fiber to fix it during hardening
process of adhesive. This period lasts about 14 hours.

VII. Rear coatrack

Disassembling and installing
Draw out the lift lever of the rear
door bracket. Draw out the rear panel and
disengage it from the bracket fixture.

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Installing procedures are in the

reversed order.

VIII. Rear loudspeaker cover

Disassembling and installing
Remove the set bolts on top and bottom
of the rear safety belt (for models with rear safety
belt). Loosen the 4 nuts on the bracket and remove
them.
Installing procedures are in the
reversed order. Bear in mind that tightening
torque is 50±10N.m.

IX. Gearshift lever

Disassembling and installing

Disassemble the dust corraguted sleeve

on the gearshift lever. Remove the set screws
between the panel and vehicle body and cause the
corraguted sleeve pass through the hole on the panel.
Remove the panel.

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X. Sunshield and its bracket

Disassembling and installing
After removing the bracket and the
set screws, remove the sunshield. For
models equipped with the door-control
mirror with a light, the electrical
system should be removed.
Installing procedures are in the
reversed order.

XI. Passenger armrest

Disassembling and installing
Disassemble the lid on interior armrest
end with the screwdriver and remove the
set bolt.
Take out the set bolt between the
armrest and the vehicle body. Remove the
armrest.

Installing procedures are in the

reversed order.

XII. Glove box

Disassembling and installing
Take out the set screws between the
tool box and the instrument panel and remove
the luminance and power lines. Remove the

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tool box.
Installing procedures are in the reversed order.

XIII. Air bag

Safety measures for operation on the air bag system:

1. The operation includes inspection, fitting and maintenance, which is to be carried

out by professional personnel.

2. Diagnosing instruments are generally used in inspection.

Voltmeter or other testers with open wire are forbidden.

3. The battery negative pole should be removed prior to operation on the air bag.
Proceed to the following work after it has been removed for at least 90 seconds.
Nobody is allowed on vehicle after the air bag system has been reconnected to the
batteries.

4. The air bag should be refitted immediately after being taken out of its
packaging.

5. If the operation is interrupted, the air bag should be put into its packaging, so
that it is at all times under control.

6. When holding the air bag, the inflating device should point outward and never
hold the cable.

7. When disassembling the air bag and the components to be installed, put them
on the base seat surface with the cut welding line facing upward. Don’t put the
steering column with the steering wheel on the floor.

8. For the air bag unit (including the sensor and opening device), if there are any
signs of damage on it when it falls from a surface over 70cm high, it can’t be refitted
onto the vehicle.

9. Don’t handle the air bag if proper monitor isn’t available. In case that this
device is to be exploded, put it in a common scraper vessel. If it hasn’t been exploded,

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note this item and send it back to manufacturer with packaging of a new unit through
a spare part trader.

10. Don’t attempt to repair the module, the sensor or the ignition device.
Additional safety measures:
1. Clean the steering wheel packing only using dry cloth or wet cloth.
2. Don’t touch the air bag surface with sharp objects or other projecting objects.
3. In case that spray coating or welding is necessary for vehicle with air bag, the air
bag should be removed.

(I) Air bag

Disassembling and installing
1. When disassembling the battery negative
pole, put the steering wheel on the middle with
the hand wheel directly facing upward.
2. Loosen the 2 hexagonal bolts between the
driver air bag and the steering wheel.

3. Disassemble the cable on the air

bag. It should be placed with its flanged
side facing downward.

Installing procedures are in the

reversed order. Nobody is allowed in the
passenger compartment when installing the
battery.

(II) Hairspring
Disassembling and installing

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1. First remove the air bag according

to the above instructions.

2. Loosen the 2 set bolts on lower

part of the steering column cover. Remove
the lid.
3. Loosen the set screw between the
steering wheel and the steering column.
Remove the wire terminal as is shown
in the figure which is pointed by the
arrow.

4. Loosen the 3 set bolts between

the hairspring and the steering column.

Remove the hairspring.

Installing procedures are in the

reversed order. Note that the lower

terminal of the hairspring will be on the

lower part when it is connected to the

steering column. The hairspring can’t be

turned unless by pressing the lug which is

pointed with the arrow in the figure. The

spring should function well when being

pressed during the process of tightening

the set nut of the steering column with 50N·m.

Check the cable and the hairspring of the air bag.

Disassemble the air bag and protection lid.

Remove the battery and the control device.

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Control device
Remove the battery negative pole.
Remove the air bag device terminal,
which is located on the intake below instrument
panel. Remove the air intake beside the
air bag control device under the auxiliary
instrument panel.
Loosen the set nuts between the air
bag control and the bracket. Installing
procedures for the control device are in
the reversed order. Nobody is allowed
in the cab when reconnecting the batteries.

Use of the air bag device

A gas generator which hasn’t been exploded is dangerous. In order to avoid
possible accident, before vehicle is scrapped or service period of air bag explosion
component has been expired, the air bag device should be caused to explode. This is
very important for the reason that exposed part of human body may be damaged when
sudden explosion occurs.
The air bag should be caused to explode within the vehicle, with the vehicle door
closed and at a distance at least 10m away from the vehicle. Cause the air bag on
driver side to explode.
When causing the gas generator on air bag lid on driver side to explode, remove it
from the steering wheel. Remove only the two hexagonal set bolts on this position.
Connect the special type cable. Replace this unit on steering wheel with spare part.
Tighten the hexagonal set bolts.
The exploded air bag may be discarded as common waste vessel. If the vehicle
has been scrapped, leave the air bag on it.

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In case of any faults with it (any faults being detected during inspection, which
worsen its normal functions), note this and send it back to manufacturer with packing
of a new unit through a spare part trader.

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