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Headlamp Switch: Service and Repair

HEADLAMP SWITCH REPLACEMENT

REMOVAL PROCEDURE
The headlamp switch uses skin locks which grab the soft skin material of the IP. The skin lock feature may cause the switch to be hard to remove.

IMPORTANT: The upper tabs are located to the top left of the headlamp switch knob and directly above the fog lamp switch.




1. Insert a flat-bladed tool between the instrument panel and the top of the headlamp switch assembly (2).
Carefully depress the two tabs securing the top of the switch to the instrument panel.
2. Depress the two lower tabs in order to remove the switch from the instrument panel.




3. Disconnect the electrical connectors.
4. Remove the headlamp switch assembly.

INSTALLATION PROCEDURE




1. Connect the electrical connectors to the headlamp switch.




2. Install headlamp switch assembly (2) into the opening of the instrument panel.
3. Apply even pressure on the four corners of the headlamp switch assembly in order to secure the headlamp switch to the instrument panel.
4. Ensure the skin locks are engaged to the instrument panel (3).