Headlamp Switch: Service and Repair

REMOVAL

WARNING: ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AIRBAGS, DISABLE THE AIRBAG SYSTEM BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY STEERING WHEEL, STEERING COLUMN, OR INSTRUMENT PANEL COMPONENT DIAGNOSIS OR SERVICE. DISCONNECT AND ISOLATE THE BATTERY NEGATIVE (GROUND) CABLE, THEN WAIT TWO MINUTES FOR THE AIRBAG SYSTEM CAPACITOR TO DISCHARGE BEFORE PERFORMING FURTHER DIAGNOSIS OR SERVICE. THIS IS THE ONLY SURE WAY TO DISABLE THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. FAILURE TO TAKE THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND POSSIBLE PERSONAL INJURY.

1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Remove the knee blocker from the instrument panel.
3. Pull the headlamp switch control knob out to the ON position stop.
4. Reach up under the instrument panel through the outboard side of the steering column opening to access and depress the headlamp switch control knob and shaft release button on the inboard side of the switch body.
5. While holding the release button depressed, pull the headlamp switch control knob and shaft out of the headlamp switch.

Fig.19 Headlamp Switch Removal/Install:

6. Remove the spanner nut that secures the headlamp switch to the instrument panel.
7. Pull the headlamp switch into the steering column opening area of the instrument panel far enough to access the instrument panel wire harness connectors.
8. Disconnect the two instrument panel wire harness connectors from the headlamp switch connector receptacles.
9. Remove the headlamp switch from the instrument panel.

INSTALLATION
1. Position the headlamp switch to the instrument panel steering column opening.
2. Reconnect the two instrument panel wire harness connectors to the headlamp switch connector receptacles
3. Position the headlamp switch behind its mounting hole on the instrument panel.
4. Install and tighten the spanner nut that secures the headlamp switch to the instrument panel. Tighten the nut to 2.7 Nm (24 in.lbs.).
5. Insert the shaft of the headlamp switch control knob and shaft unit through the opening in the spanner nut and into the headlamp switch.
6. Push the headlamp switch control knob and shaft unit all the way into the headlamp switch body.
7. Reinstall the knee blocker onto the instrument panel.
8. Reconnect the battery negative cable.