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Installation







INSTALLATION

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.

CAUTION: The brake lamp switch self-adjusting switch plunger is a one time only feature. If the switch is removed from the mounting bracket, it MUST be replaced with a new switch.





1. Depress and hold the brake pedal (2) in the depressed position.
2. Align the tabs on the brake lamp switch (3) locking collar with the keyed hole in the brake pedal mounting bracket (1) on the dash panel.
3. Insert the tabs on the brake lamp switch locking collar through the keyed hole in the brake pedal mounting bracket until the switch housing is firmly seated against the bracket.
4. Rotate the switch housing counterclockwise about 30 degrees to engage the tabs on the locking collar with the pedal mounting bracket.

CAUTION: Do not release or pull up on the brake pedal before the switch plunger adjustment has been completed.

5. Release the brake pedal, but do not pull it upward.




6. Reconnect the unibody wire harness connector (5) to the brake lamp switch (4).
7. Engage the wire harness retainer (1) in the locator hole in the brake pedal support bracket (2).
8. Rotate the plunger adjustment release lever (3) clockwise until it locks into place. The lever should be parallel to the brake lamp switch connector receptacle. This action will set the switch plunger length to a final adjustment position and cannot be undone. If not performed properly the first time, a new brake lamp switch must be installed.
9. Reconnect the battery negative cable.
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