Removal
- Place the front road wheels in the straight ahead position. Then:
- Rotate the steering wheel half turn (180 degrees) to the right (clockwise).
- Lock column with ignition lock cylinder.
- Open hood.
- Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.WARNING: Wait two minutes for the airbag system reserve capacitor to discharge before beginning any airbag system or component service. Failure to do so may result in accidental airbag deployment, personal injury or death.
- Remove steering wheel (Refer to STEERING/COLUMN/STEERING WHEEL - REMOVAL) .
- Remove upper and lower steering column shrouds to gain access to clockspring wiring (Refer to STEERING/COLUMN/UPPER SHROUD - REMOVAL) .
- Remove multi-function switch (Refer to ELECTRICAL/LAMPS/LIGHTING - EXTERIOR/MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH - REMOVAL) .
- Disconnect the 7-way connector between the clockspring and the instrument panel wiring harness at the base of the clock spring.
- Remove clockspring by lifting the top latch tab up slightly to guide it over the lock housing. See Fig 1. The clockspring cannot be repaired, and must be replaced if faulty.
1 - CLOCKSPRING 2 - LATCH HOOKS 3 - STEERING COLUMN - Rotate clockspring rotor a half turn (180 degrees) to the left (counter clockwise).
- Lock the clockspring rotor in the center position as follows: Insert a paper clip wire through the hole in the rotor at the 10 o'clock position and bend to prevent it from falling out.