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 and above the dimmer module and headlamp switch to unsnap the molding from the headlamp switch bezel (1).

3. Remove the two screws that secure the upper edge of the headlamp switch bezel to the instrument panel.

4. Using a trim stick or another suitable wide flat-bladed tool, gently and evenly pry the lower edge of the headlamp switch bezel far enough to disengage the snap clips that secure the bezel to the instrument panel.

5. Pull the headlamp switch bezel 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.

6. Remove the three screws that secure the dimmer module to the back of the headlamp switch bezel.

7. Remove the dimmer module from the headlamp switch bezel.