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.
Follow all Warnings for airbag component service (Refer to ELECTRICAL/RESTRAINTS - WARNING) .
- Open deck lid.
- Remove four bolts to battery compartment cover and remove cover.
- Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
- Wait two minutes for the airbag system reserve capacitor to discharge before beginning any airbag system or instrument panel component service.
- Remove driver airbag (Refer to ELECTRICAL/RESTRAINTS/DRIVER AIRBAG - REMOVAL) .
- Remove steering wheel (Refer to STEERING/COLUMN/STEERING WHEEL - REMOVAL) .
- Remove upper and lower steering column shrouds to gain access to clock spring wiring (Refer to REMOVAL ).
- Remove multi-function switch (Refer to ELECTRICAL/LAMPS/LIGHTING - EXTERIOR/MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH - REMOVAL) .
- Disconnect the 7-way connector between the clock spring and the instrument panel wiring harness at the base of the clock spring.
- Remove clock spring by lifting the top latch tab up slightly to guide it over the lock housing. See Fig 1. The clock spring cannot be repaired, and must be replaced if faulty or damaged.
1 - CLOCK SPRING 2 - LATCH HOOKS 3 - STEERING COLUMN - Rotate clock spring rotor a half turn (180 degrees) to the left (counter clockwise).
- Lock the clock spring 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.