Cruise Control Switch: Service and Repair

1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Remove lower steering column cover.
3. Remove four plastic retaining clips from underside of steering column, then the trough.
4. Disconnect speed control switch electrical connector from instrument panel harness connector.
5. Remove wiper control knob from end of turn signal lever, then the silencer from lever.
6. Remove two screws attaching speed control switch to column.
7. On tilt columns, remove steering wheel, then attach a flexible guide wire to lower end of speed control switch harness.
8. Remove switch and harness from column by gently pulling wires through lock housing between lock plate and side of housing.
9. On standard columns, remove attaching screws and the upper steering lock housing cover, then pull harness up through column.
10. On tilt columns, insert harness connector through turn signal lever opening in column, then pull upward through upper housing.
11. Attach guide wire to switch wiring harness, then gently pull downward through column opening, between lock plate and side of housing.
12. On standard columns, insert harness and connector through turn signal lever opening in column, then pull down and out lower end.
13. On all models, remove slack from all wires.
14. On tilt column, remove guide wires.
15. On all models, install wiring trough with plastic clips.
16. Connect speed control switch electrical connector to instrument panel harness connector.
17. Secure speed control switch to column with two screws.
18. Position silencer on lever, then push wiper control knob in place on end of lever.
19. On tilt columns, replace steering wheel.
20. On standard columns, install upper steering column lock housing cover.
21. On all models, install lower steering column cover.
22. Connect battery ground cable, then test operation of speed control.