Removing And Installing Main Light Switch: Removal
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- Disconnect the battery and cover the terminal or battery.
- Remove button of the light switch. Pull out the button as far as it will go and press in the locking element on the lower side with a small screwdriver.
- Undo three 4.0 x 18 Torx screws of the left side vent and carefully pull the side vent out of the dashboard. One Torx screw is located in the light switch on the right.
- Disconnect electrical plug connections.
- Undo M16 x 1 hexagon nut of the light switch.
- Pull the lighting unit switch out of the side vent to the front by approx. 5 mm.
- Remove light switch from the side vent by turning it slightly in clockwise direction.