Dimmer Switch - Removal

REMOVAL

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. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Using a trim stick or another suitable wide flat-bladed tool, gently and evenly pry around the perimeter of the instrument panel trim molding outboard of the steering column to unsnap the molding from the instrument panel.
3. Pull the trim molding (1) away from the instrument panel far enough to access and disconnect the instrument panel wire harness connector (2) from the dimmer module (3) connector receptacle.
4. Remove the three screws that secure the dimmer module to the back of the instrument panel trim molding.
5. Remove the dimmer module from the trim molding.