Headlamp 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.






NOTE: Before attempting to install the headlamp switch (1), be certain that both pawl-like retainers (2) are extended outward from the body of the switch. If the retainers are in the retracted position, rotating the headlamp switch rotary knob (4) to the OFF (O) position should disengage the retainer retractor mechanism causing the retainers to spring outward from the switch body.

1. Position the headlamp switch (1) close enough to the cylinder-like switch mounting hole in the instrument panel steering column opening cover to reconnect the instrument panel wire harness connector to the connector receptacle (3) on the back of the switch housing.
2. Position and align the switch in the center of the switch mounting hole of the steering column opening cover on the instrument panel.
3. Using hand pressure, press the switch firmly and evenly into the mounting hole until it is fully seated. An indication that the switch is fully seated will be a light audible click as each of the two pawl-like retainers (2) snap into place within the mounting hole.
4. Reconnect the battery negative cable.