Hazard Switch: Removal

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Jeep Liberty. 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, occupant classification system, 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.

Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
Remove the radio from the instrument panel. (Refer to ELECTRICAL/AUDIO/RADIO - REMOVAL) .

Remove the screw at the top of the instrument panel radio opening that secures the hazard switch to the instrument panel. See Fig 1.

Fig 1: Hazard Switch Remove/Install

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1 - WIRE HARNESS CONNECTOR

2 - HAZARD SWITCH

3 - ALIGNMENT PIN (2)

4 - STANCHION (2)

5 - INSTRUMENT PANEL

6 - SCREW (1)

7 - MOUNTING BRACKET LATCH TAB (2)

Reach through the radio opening to access the two latch tabs of the stamped metal hazard switch mounting bracket.
Pull rearward and downward on the latch tabs of the switch mounting bracket far enough to disengage them from the instrument panel trim.
Push the hazard switch button through the button opening far enough to disengage the alignment pins on each side of the switch housing from the saddle-like ramp formations on the back of the instrument panel trim.
Pull the switch down into the radio opening far enough to access and disconnect the instrument panel wire harness connector from the back of the switch.
Remove the hazard switch through the instrument panel radio opening.