Dakota 2WD L4-2.5L VIN P (2001)
Fig.14 Horn Switch Installed
1. Install the horn switch and tray unit into the pouch on the driver airbag cushion retainer strap. Be certain that the tray is facing the airbag cushion,
that the horn switch membrane is facing the airbag trim cover, that the horn switch feed pigtail wire is on the right, that the horn switch ground
pigtail wire is on the left, and that the retaining tabs on the tray are each engaged in one of the slits located in each side of the pouch
2. Route the horn switch ground pigtail wire through the clearance notch between the two upper left hooks on the driver airbag housing. Install the
eyelet terminal over the upper left inflator stud and engage the terminal under the anti-rotation tab directly above the stud on the back of the driver
airbag housing.
3. Install and tighten the nut and washer that secure the horn switch ground pigtail wire eyelet terminal to the upper left inflator stud on the back of
the driver airbag housing. Tighten the nut to 7 Nm (65 in. lbs.).
4. Route the horn switch feed pigtail wire through the clearance notch between the two upper right hooks and between the upper right inflator stud
and the inflator on the back of the driver airbag housing.
5. Using hand pressure, press the plastic wire retainer onto the upper right inflator stud to capture the horn switch feed pigtail wire between the stud
and the inflator on the back of the driver airbag housing.
6. Carefully position the driver airbag into the receptacle on the back of the trim cover. Be certain that the horn switch feed and ground pigtail wires
remain properly routed through the clearance notches at the top of the airbag housing and are not pinched between the airbag housing and the walls
of the trim cover receptacle.
7. Work around the perimeter of the unit engaging each of the twelve hooks on the driver airbag housing through the windows in the walls of the trim
cover receptacle.
8. After each of the twelve hooks on the driver airbag housing has been engaged in a window of the trim cover receptacle, try pulling the trim cover
and the airbag housing away from each other. This action will fully seat the edges of the windows into the cradles of the hooks.
