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Removing and installing main light switch: Removal

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  1. Disconnect the battery and cover the terminal or battery.
  2. 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.
    Fig 1: Removing Light Switch Button
    G03063600Courtesy of PORSCHE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
  3. 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.
    Fig 2: Removing Screws & Side Vent Out Of Dashboard
    G03063601Courtesy of PORSCHE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
  4. Disconnect the electrical plug connections.
  5. Undo M16 x 1 hexagon nut of the light switch.
  6. Pull the lighting unit switch out of the side vent to the front by approx. 5 mm.
  7. Remove light switch from the side vent by turning it slightly in clockwise direction.
    Fig 3: Removing Light Switch From Side Vent
    G03063602Courtesy of PORSCHE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
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