Horn 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 negative cable from the battery.

2. Remove the Driver AirBag (DAB) from the steering wheel. Driver Air Bag - Removal.

3. Remove the steering wheel from the steering column. Removal.

4. Remove the two screws (3) within the hub cavity of the steering wheel that secure the front spoke bezel to the rear trim cover.





5. Working from the back of the steering wheel, remove the two screws (2) that secure the center spokes of the rear trim cover to the center spokes of the front spoke bezel.





6. Still working from the back of the steering wheel (1), remove the two screws (2) that secure the rear trim cover (3) to the back of the steering wheel armature near the hub.

7. Disengage the steering wheel wire harness from the routing features on the interior surfaces of the steering wheel rear trim cover.

8. Disconnect the steering wheel wire harness from the horn switch pigtail wire harness and, if equipped, from the remote radio switches.

9. Remove the rear trim cover from the steering wheel.

10. Working from the back of the steering wheel armature near the hub, pinch together the tabs of the snap latch on each horn switch contact and push them all out through the face of the armature.

11. Remove the horn switch contacts and pigtail wire unit from the hub cavity of the steering wheel.