Switch, Lock: Description
A front door power switch module and bezel unit is located near the forward end of the armrest of each front door trim panel. Separate modules are used for the driver side (1) and the passenger side (2) front doors. In addition, there are three versions of each module to accommodate power window and power mirror options. Each switch button in both modules is identified with either an International Control and Display Symbol icon or text that clearly identifies the switch function, and each switch button has a Light Emitting Diode (LED) unit soldered to the switch circuit board that provides backlighting of the icon or text for night visibility.
The driver side front door power switch assembly combines the following switches into a single unit:
- power lock
- power window (for each of the four door windows including auto-down and express up for both front door windows)
- power window lockout
- power mirror selector
- power mirror adjustment in a single unit
The passenger side power door switch module may combine power lock switches with a passenger side front door power window switch with the auto-down or the auto down and auto-up features. Each power switch module housing is secured within the trim panel armrest by four spring clip retainers (3), two on each side of the module housing. A connector receptacle (4) integral to each module housing connects the switches to the vehicle electrical system through dedicated take outs and connectors of the door wire harnesses.
Each front door power switch module may include the following switches:
- Power Lock Switch - A momentary switch button to control the Lock function of the power lock system is standard equipment in each front door power switch module in vehicles equipped with the optional power lock system.
- Power Unlock Switch - A momentary switch button to control the Unlock function of the power lock system is standard equipment in each front door power switch module in vehicles equipped with the optional power lock system.
- Power Mirror Selector Switch (Driver Side Switch Only) - In vehicles equipped with the power outside rear view mirror option, two latching mirror selector switch buttons choose the power mirror to be adjusted, R (right) or L (left).
- Power Mirror Control Switch (Driver Side Switch Only) - In vehicles equipped with the power outside rear view mirror option, after a power mirror is selected, pressing down on one of the four arrowheads on the circular, concave momentary mirror control switch pad will move the selected mirror in that direction for as long as the pad is held down or until the limit of the mirror travel is reached.
- Power Window Lockout Switch (Driver Side Switch Only) - In vehicles equipped with the power window option, a latching push-button power window lockout switch allows the vehicle operator to lock out the power window switches on each front and rear passenger door so that those windows may be operated only from the driver side front door master switches. When the lockout switch is engaged, the LED backlighting for each front and rear passenger door power window switch is extinguished.
- Power Window Switches - In vehicles equipped with the power window option, a single two-way, momentary power window switch with a push-to-open and a lift-to-close tab is provided for each front and rear passenger door window. The driver side switch module contains four of these power window switches, one switch dedicated to each door window. In vehicles with the base power window system, all power window switches are of a high current design and the switch tabs for the driver and passenger side front door power windows have an intermediate detent in the down direction which is used to activate the Auto-Down (also known as express down or one-touch down) feature. In vehicles equipped with the premium power window system, the front door power window switches are a low current design and a time based (less than 800 milliseconds) activation in the up or down direction on either front door power window switch activates the Auto-Down or Auto-Up (also known as express up and down, or one-touch up and down) feature.
The front door power switch modules cannot be adjusted or repaired. If damaged or ineffective, the entire driver side or passenger side front door power switch module must be replaced as a unit.