Attachment III - Technical Information

SERVICE PROCEDURE

1. Open trunk.





2. Remove carpet pushpins from left inner quarter panel. See Figure 1.

3. Pull carpet away from left inner quarter panel.





4. Remove wiring harness routing pushpins, then position wiring harnesses away from inner quarter panel reinforcement. Refer to Figure 2.

5. Remove inertia switch cover-to-bracket retaining screws. See Figure 2. Retain screws for installation purposes.
NOTE: The inertia switch and inertia switch cover will be removed as an assembly.

6. Position inertia switch assembly away from inner quarter panel reinforcement. DO NOT disconnect inertia switch electrical connector.

7. Remove and discard inertia switch bracket and J-nut. Retain screw for installation purposes.

8. Measure, mark and drill bottom anti-rotation hole as follows:





^ Locate square-cut hole in inner quarter panel reinforcement. See Figure 3.

^ From corner of hole shown in Figure 3, measure directly back 5 mm. Place a temporary mark at this location.

^ From the temporary mark, measure directly down 10 mm. See Figure 3. Center punch this new location.

^ Using a 25/64 inch drill bit, drill hole at center punched location.





9. Position new inertia switch bracket on inner quarter panel reinforcement as shown in Figure 4.

10. Mark inertia switch bracket mounting bolt locations. See Figure 4. Center punch these locations.

11. Remove inertia switch bracket.





12. Using a 25/64 inch drill bit, drill a hole at each inertia switch mounting bolt location. See Figure 5.

13. Clean all metal shavings from luggage compartment.





14. Install new inertia switch bracket with mounting tab on top and elongated hole facing down. See Figure 6. Tighten bolts to 9 Nm (6.6 lb-ft).

15. Using original screws, install inertia switch assembly on bracket.Tighten screws to 3 Nm (2.2 lb-ft).

16. Install wiring harness routing pushpins.

17. Press reset button on inertia switch. Make sure switch is set properly.

18. Reposition carpet back on left inner quarter panel.

19. Install carpet pushpins.

20. Close trunk.