Lock Cylinder Housing

REMOVAL

NOTE: Before proceeding, review all Steering Column and Airbag Warnings and Cautions.

1. Remove battery ground cable terminal from battery negative post and isolate.
2. Under instrument panel, remove silencer panel below lower steering column cover.





3. Remove screws securing lower steering column cover/knee blocker, then remove it.
4. Disconnect parking brake release link at release handle.
5. Compress tabs on sides of data link diagnostic connector and remove it from knee blocker reinforcement plate.
6. Remove screws securing knee blocker reinforcement plate in place, then remove reinforcement plate.
7. Remove the upper and lower column shrouds.
8. Unsnap the trim bezel on the instrument panel between the instrument cluster and the steering column.





9. Remove the 2 screws securing the steering column fixed shroud to the steering column, then remove the shroud.





10. Remove the two screws holding the metal cover in place below the shifter/ignition interlock linkage, then remove the cover.





11. Disconnect the shifter/ignition interlock link from the lever on the lock cylinder housing.
12. Remove the key cylinder. To do this:
^ Turn the key, placing the key cylinder in the ON position.





^ Depress and hold the retaining tab on the bottom of the lock cylinder housing.
^ Pull the key and key cylinder straight out of the lock cylinder housing.





13. Remove the vehicle wiring harness connector from the key cylinder halo lamp.
14. Remove the key cylinder halo lamp from the lock cylinder housing.





15. Remove the ignition switch mounting screw.





16. Depress the two retaining tabs, then remove the ignition switch from the lock cylinder housing.








17. Disconnect both tilt mechanism springs from their mounting posts on the tilt housing, then move them to the side out of the way.
18. While supporting the lock cylinder housing, remove both mounting screws securing the lock cylinder housing to the column.
19. Remove the lock cylinder housing from the bottom of the steering column.

INSTALLATION
1. Install the lock cylinder housing in the bottom of the steering column lining up the mounting holes.
2. Install the self-tapping lock cylinder housing mounting screws through the top of the column into the housing. Tighten the two mounting screws to a torque of 11 Nm (100 in. lbs.).
3. Connect both tilt mechanism springs back onto their mounting posts making sure the spring hooks engage the grooves in the posts.
4. Ensure that the ignition switch and the actuator shaft in the lock cylinder housing are in the ON position.





5. Carefully install the ignition switch over the actuator shaft. The switch will snap over the retaining tabs on the housing.
6. Install the ignition switch mounting screw.
7. Install the key cylinder halo lamp on the lock cylinder housing.
8. Install the vehicle wiring harness connector onto the key cylinder halo lamp.
9. Install the key cylinder (with key in it turned to the ON position) by sliding it straight into the lock cylinder housing aligning the retaining tab on the key cylinder with the hole in the lock cylinder housing.
10. Turn the key to the OFF position and remove the key.
11. Connect the shifter/ignition interlock link to the lever on the lock cylinder housing by aligning the retaining tab on the lever with the ramp on the link, then pushing the two together.
12. Install the metal cover in place below the shifter/ignition interlock linkage using the two screws.
13. Install the steering column fixed shroud on the steering column using its 2 mounting screws.
14. Install the trim bezel on the instrument panel above the steering column. The trim bezel is mounted to the instrument panel using 2 screws (one on each side of the column) and retaining clips.
15. Install the lower and upper steering column shrouds.
16. Install the knee blocker reinforcement plate.
17. Connect the parking brake release link to the release handle.
18. Install the data link diagnostic connector to the mounting hole in the reinforcement plate.
19. Install the lower steering column cover/knee blocker.
20. Connect the negative (ground) cable to the battery terminal.