Electronic Vehicle Information Center Switch - Installation

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.

SEBRING





1. Position the Electronic Vehicle Information center (EVIC) switch pod (3) to the back of the steering wheel spoke front bezel (4).
2. Install and tighten the three screws (2) that secure the switch mounting tabs to the bezel. Tighten the screws securely.
3. Position the front spoke bezel close enough to the steering wheel to reconnect the steering wheel wire harness connections to the Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC) switch pod and the speed control switch pod connector receptacles (3).





4. Position the front spoke bezel (5), EVIC switch pod (1) to the steering wheel. Be certain that the steering wheel wire harness is routed between the upper bezel stanchions and the inside circumference of the steering wheel hub cavity so that the wiring will not be pinched when the driver airbag is reinstalled.
5. Use hand pressure to squeeze the horizontal spokes of both the front spoke bezel and the steering wheel rear cover together until all of the snap features are fully engaged.
6. Install and tighten the screws as needed that secure the stanchions of the front spoke bezel to the steering wheel armature within the steering wheel hub cavity. Tighten the screws securely.

NOTE: Depending on model, there may be additional screws securing the bezel to the steering wheel.





7. From the back of the steering wheel (4), install and tighten the lower screws (2) as needed that secure the spoke of the rear cover (1) to the lower spoke of the steering wheel front bezel (3). Tighten the screws securely.
8. Install the driver airbag assembly (2), Driver Air Bag - Installation.
9. Do not reconnect the battery negative cable at this time. The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) verification test procedure should be performed following service of any SRS component, . Airbag System Verification Test
10. Connect the negative battery cable.

AVENGER





1. Position the switch pod and the mounting adapter plate (4) to the back of the front bezel.
2. Install and tighten the screws (3) that secure the mounting adapter plate and the switch to the bezel.
3. Position the spoke bezel assembly close enough to the steering wheel and connect the electrical connector.
4. Engage the lip on the inboard side of the bezel under the edge of the driver airbag trim cover.
5. Position the spoke bezel, mounting adapter plate and pod as a unit to the steering wheel. Be certain that the steering wheel wire harness is not pinched.





6. From the back of the steering wheel (1), install and tighten the screw (3) that secures the bezel assembly to the steering wheel spoke.
7. Connect the battery negative cable.