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thing you will want to do is to disconnect the battery and wait 5 minutes before starting.
This is for your safety so the air bag does not accidentally
deploy while working on/near the steering column. Also
never mess with any yellow connectors that you may find
on/near the steering column, these are part of the air
bag system.

Now take the
bottom half of the steering column cover off by removing
3 screws. It may require some finesse to get it off.


Once the bottom
half is removed, you can remove the top half.

Now you will
have to find the 4 screws that hold the plastic piece
that goes around the metal keyhole. Some of the screws
will be hard to get to and a longer screwdriver may make
it easier to get to some of them.

Once you get
the plastic piece free, open it up to reveal the circuit
board. The blue arrow in the picture is pointing to the
LED that will need to be un-soldered.


Before you
remove the stock LED, take note of where the anode mark
is. The anode mark will be a notch on the corner of the
LED similar to this picture.

Use some de-soldering
braid to remove the stock LED, and then note the cathode
mark on the replacement LED. The cathode mark is either
a line or a dot that is next to the lens similar to this
picture.


Solder the
replacement LED so the cathode mark on the other side
of the stock LEDs anode mark. For example.. If the stock
LEDs anode mark is up, then install the replacement LED
with the cathode mark down.

Next plug the
plastic piece back in and close your doors and then open
your drivers side door. The LED should light up.

Put everything
back together in the reverse order that you took it apart.

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