I wasn’t planning to do it this evening, but while my wife began her evening regimen, I went to visit the car in the garage. I had the urge to see how easily the lower dash panel pulled off. It’s very well anchored with solid clips, but with care, it pulled off so easily that I didn’t take any pictures. I reckon I had the panel off and the switch module unplugged in 60 seconds.
As hinted in
a couple of threads on NAM, I started by pulling at the bottom right corner, and eased the clips out one by one, counter-clockwise. The areas that need care to avoid scratching the panel or adjacent surfaces are obvious. With the panel off, there’s about three inches of slack to reach in and unplug the connector. Now free of the car, it’s easy to see that the switch module is held in with four plastic tabs. They are easily pried apart with a ¼” flat screwdriver. The module is then popped off the back of the panel. Start installing the new switch with the tabs on the same side as the locating post, and snap it tight, then install the panel in the reverse order.
I was just about to dive into coding the fogs, but realized my phone battery was at 6%. I’ll post a follow-up when I’m through it.