Speed Control 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. Remove the driver airbag from the steering wheel. Driver Air Bag - Removal.
3. From the back of the steering wheel (4), remove the two screws (2) that secure the center spoke of the rear cover (1) to the center spoke of the steering wheel spoke front bezel (3).





4. From the face of the steering wheel, remove the four screws (2) that secure the front spoke bezel (4) to the steering wheel armature within the steering wheel hub cavity.
5. Using a trim stick or another suitable wide flat-bladed tool, carefully pry at the parting line between the front spoke bezel and the steering wheel rear cover enough to unsnap the two horizontal members of the bezel from those of the rear cover.
6. Pull the front spoke bezel away from the steering wheel far enough to access and disconnect the steering wheel wire harness connections from the Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC) switch pod (1) and the speed control switch pod (3).





7. From the back of the steering wheel spoke front bezel (4), remove the three screws (2) that secure the speed control switch pod (1) mounting tabs to the bezel.
8. Remove the switch from the bezel.