Removal

REMOVAL

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supplemental restraint system before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, occupant classification system, 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 supplemental restraint system. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.




1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.

2. Remove the radio from the instrument panel.

3. Remove the screw (6) at the top of the instrument panel radio opening that secures the hazard switch (2) to the instrument panel (5).

4. Reach through the radio opening to access the two latch tabs (7) of the stamped metal hazard switch mounting bracket.

5. Pull rearward and downward on the latch tabs of the switch mounting bracket far enough to disengage them from the instrument panel trim.

6. Push the hazard switch button through the button opening far enough to disengage the alignment pins (3) on each side of the switch housing from the saddle-like ramp formations (4) on the back of the instrument panel trim.

7. Pull the switch down into the radio opening far enough to access and disconnect the instrument panel wire harness connector (1) from the back of the switch.

8. Remove the hazard switch through the instrument panel radio opening.