REMOVAL

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service.

This is the only sure way to disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.

Fig. 48: Identifying Left Multi-Function Switch, Screw & Clockspring

1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.

2. Remove both the upper and lower shrouds from the steering column.

3. Disconnect the instrument panel wire harness connector from the connector receptacle on the back of the left multi-function switch.

4. Remove the screw (2) that secures the left multi-function switch (1) to the mounting bracket integral to the left side of the clockspring (3) on the steering column.

Fig. 49: Left Stalk Electrical Connector

5. Slide the switch (2) away from the clockspring (1) far enough to disengage the slide tabs on the switch housing from the channel formations in the mounting bracket.

6. Disconnect the jumper wire harness connector (3) from the connector receptacle on the inboard end of the left multi-function switch.

7. Remove the switch from the clockspring.

INSTALLATION

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service.

This is the only sure way to disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.

Fig. 50: Left Stalk Electrical Connector

1. Position the left multi-function switch (2) close enough to the mounting bracket (1) integral to the left side of the clockspring to reconnect the jumper wire harness connector (3) to the connector receptacle on the inboard side of the switch housing.

2. Align the slide tabs on the switch housing with the channel formations integral to the clockspring mounting bracket, then slide the switch into the bracket until it is firmly seated.

Fig. 51: Identifying Left Multi-Function Switch, Screw & Clockspring

3. Install and tighten the screw (2) that secures the mounting tab on the front of the left multi-function switch (1) to the mounting bracket (3) on the clockspring. Tighten the screw to 1 N.m (10 in. lbs.).

4. Reconnect the instrument panel wiring harness connector to the back of the left multi-function switch.

5. Reinstall the upper and lower shrouds onto the steering column. 6. Reconnect the battery negative cable.