Sentry Key Remote Entry Module - 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 negative battery cable.

2. If the vehicle is equipped with a tilt steering column, move the tilt steering column to the fully lowered position and leave the tilt release lever in the released (down) position.

3. From below the steering column (2), remove the two screws (6) that secure the lower shroud (5) to the upper shroud (1).

4. Using hand pressure, push gently inward on both sides of the upper shroud near the parting line of the lower shroud to release the snap features that secure the two shroud halves to each other.

5. Remove both the upper and lower shrouds from the steering column.

6. Disconnect the wire harness connector (3) from the Sentry Key REmote Entry Module (SKREEM) (4).

7. The SKREEM mounting bracket features a clip that secures the module to the right lower flange of the steering column jacket. Pull downward on the connector end of the SKREEM mounting bracket to release this clip from the steering column.

8. Rotate the SKREEM and its mounting bracket downwards and then to the side away from the steering column to disengage the antenna ring from around the ignition lock cylinder housing (7).

9. Lift the multi-function switch upward off of the upper steering column housing far enough to remove the SKREEM antenna ring formation from between the ignition key release button and the multi-function switch housing.

10. Remove the SKREEM from the steering column.