Module-Sentry Key Immobilizer: Installation

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Dodge Pickup and 2005 Dodge Cab & Chassis. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supplemental restraint system 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 supplemental restraint system. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.

Fig 1: Removing/Installing Sentry Key Immobilizer Module

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Position the Sentry Key Immobilizer Module (SKIM) (1) onto the steering column (2) with the antenna ring oriented around the ignition lock cylinder housing.
Install and tighten the screw (3) that secures the SKIM to the steering column housing. Tighten the screw to 2 N.m (20 in. lbs.).

Fig 2: Removing/Installing Sentry Key Immobilizer Module Wire Harness Connector
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Reconnect the wire harness connector (2) to the SKIM (1).

Fig 3: Removing/Installing Steering Column Shroud
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Position the lower shroud (3) onto the steering column (4).
From below the steering column, install and tighten the one center screw that secures the lower shroud to the steering column. Tighten the screw to 2 N.m (20 in. lbs.).
Position the upper shroud (1) onto the steering column over the lower shroud. On vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission, be certain to engage the gearshift lever gap hider into the opening in the right side of both shroud halves.
Align the snap features on the upper shroud with the receptacles in the lower shroud and apply hand pressure to snap them together.
Install and tighten the two outboard screws that secure the upper shroud to the lower shroud. Tighten the screws to 2 N.m (20 in. lbs.).

Fig 4: Removing/Installing Tilt Steering Column Knob
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Align the tilt steering column knob (2) with the tilt adjuster lever (1) on the left side of the steering column and use hand pressure to snap it back into place.
Reconnect the battery negative cable.

NOTE: If the SKIM is replaced with a new unit, a diagnostic scan tool MUST be used to initialize the new SKIM and to program at least two Sentry Key transponders before the vehicle can be operated. (Refer to SKIS INITIALIZATION ).