Stop Lamp 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.





1. Be certain that the brake lamp switch (2) plunger is pulled all the way out of the switch housing to its fully extended position.
2. Reconnect the wire harness connector (1) to the connector receptacle on the switch.
3. Depress and hold the brake pedal in the depressed position.
4. Align the tabs on the brake lamp switch locking collar with the keyed hole in the brake pedal support bracket (2).
5. Insert the tab on the brake lamp switch locking collar through the keyed hole in the support bracket until the switch housing is firmly seated against the bracket.
6. Rotate the switch housing clockwise about 30 degrees to engage the tabs on the locking collar with the support bracket.
7. Release the brake pedal. The pedal will set the plunger to the correct position as the pedal pushes the plunger into the switch housing. The switch plunger will make a light audible ratcheting noise as it self-adjusts.
8. If equipped, reinstall the silencer pad below the steering column.
9. Reconnect the battery negative cable.