Right/Left MULTIFUNCTION Buttons On Steering Wheel -E441- / -E440-, Removing And Installing, 3-Spoke Steering Wheel: Notes

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Trim Removal Wedge: 3409

Fig 1: Identifying Trim Removal Wedge
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The multifunction buttons -2- are clipped to the decorative trim -1-. The decorative trim -1- and the multifunction buttons -2- are attached to the steering wheel. The multifunction buttons -2- have an extra retainer -3-.

Fig 2: Multifunction Buttons Are Clipped To Decorative Trim

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When removing, first make sure the decorative trim -1- can be loosened by hand (approximately 5 mm). Then using the Trim Removal Wedge: 3409 , open the retainers -3- on the multifunction buttons -2- and remove the decorative trim -1- together with the multifunction buttons -2-.

Decorative trim retainers

Fig 3: Identifying Trim Retainers

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Decorative Trim

Arrows - catches

Multifunction button catches

Fig 4: Identifying Multifunction Button Retainers

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Multifunction Button
Retainer

-- Turn off the ignition and all electrical equipment and remove the ignition key.