Commander 2WD V8-5.7L (2008)
Combination Switch: Service and Repair
Removal
REMOVAL
WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before
attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, 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 SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental
airbag deployment.
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Remove both the upper and lower shrouds from the steering column. See: Steering and Suspension/Steering/Steering Column/Steering Column
Cover/Service and Repair/Removal.
3. Disconnect the instrument panel wire harness connector from the connector receptacle (4) on the back of the left multi-function switch (1).
4. Remove the screw (3) that secures the left multi-function switch to the mounting bracket integral to the left side of the clockspring (2) on the
steering column.
5. Slide the switch away from the clockspring far enough to disengage the slide tabs on the switch housing from the channel formations in the
mounting bracket.
6. Disconnect the jumper wire harness connector from the connector receptacle on the inboard end of the left multi-function switch.
7. Remove the switch from the clockspring.