How to replace steering wheel volume control module?

[Alfer]

On my 2015 the rubber "track" rocker has cracked and is coming apart. I see you can buy the whole module for $30 range bit my question is how easy or hard is it to replace? Are there any visual instructions online anywhere showing steps to swap out old with new?
thx

 

[alperal]

On my 2015 the rubber "track" rocker has cracked and is coming apart. I see you can buy the whole module for $30 range bit my question is how easy or hard is it to replace? Are there any visual instructions online anywhere showing steps to swap out old with new?
thx

Any luck? Mine just started breaking off. Just that little rubber bar. It’s still attached on one of the ends so I could potentially try to glue it, but I live in AZ and summer is coming… glue may not hold up.

Where’d you get your part and how was installation?

 

[joegr]

1. Disconnect the negative (-) battery terminal.
2. Remove the driver airbag module.
(Refer to Restraint - "Driver Airbag (DAB) Module and Clock Spring")
3. Remove the screws from the steering cover.

4. Remove the steering back cover(A).

5. Remove the steering remote control connector(A).


6. Loosen the screws and remove the steering remote control (A).


Installation
1. Install the steering wheel remote control after connecting the connector.
2. Install the cover and driver airbag module.
3. Connect the negative (-) battery terminal.

Air bag removal:
1. Disconnect the battery negative cable and wait for at least three minutes before beginning work.
2. Put a flat tool(Ø4mm) into a guide hole located in the bottom of steering wheel and press a spring.


3. Turn a steering wheel anti-clockwise, so make a guide hole(A) shown on the rightside.
Put a tool into a hole(B) and bend back a fixed DAB spring.
Make sure to pull DAB cover when bend back the spring.



Continued below

 

[joegr]

4. Turn a steering wheel clockwise. Put a tool into a hole(B) and bend back a fixed DAB spring. Make sure to pull DAB cover when


5. Remove the steering wheel.
(Refer to Steering System - "Steering Column and Shaft")
6. Loosen the steering wheel column cover mounting screws and remove the cover.

Be careful not to put a tool into a wrong hole.
7. Disconnect the clock spring and horn connector, then remove the clock spring.

8. Disconnect the connector & lock bolt (A) and then remove the steering wheel by using special service tool (09561-11001).

 

[NC356]

Alfer,
Would you share your source for these switches?
I need the cruise module on opposite side of the steering wheel; same issue: lever breaking.
I can't find 'em for under $200

 

[Alfer]

Looks like a lot if intricate work to get this done.

As for source, I just googled around and saw some on Ebay and Amazon

Google Search

 

[NC356]

Just did this job today, on '16 3.8.
Thanks to Joegr; very helpful.

Takeaways:
Not a bad job at all if your're one of those comfortable with the fiddle factor required on new cars. Took me 1 hr 30 minutes going very slow.
Don't worry about exactly 4mm diameter tool to push springs aside; I used a Phillips screwdriver at 3.8mm; anything that fits in there will do. On bottom hole you push straight in and help the pad release with your free hand. On the side holes, pry the spring towards the center and help the pad release with the free hand.
To remove the connectors on the air bag, first pry up the yellow rectangular pads; then the connector comes right off.
*** Important: after removing the big bolt, mark the position of the wheel to the shaft with a Sharpie before removing it.
The factory manual forgets about the wires attached to the back cover. You have to remove and un-wire the haptic controller box, plus get the multipin connectors off the R and L remote control pads, to get the back cover off. I never figured out how to get the connector off the LH Stereo pad, but cover was free enough to let me replace the RH pad easily.
Use Loctite, and 29-36 ft lbs on the big bolt going back.
I didn't lose any pre-sets, satellite favorites, seat memory, NAV history; CD even remembered correct chapter and verse of my audio book.
Had to manually close the trunk to reset the power opener.

It was worth it! That broken rubber nub was unsightly and uncomfortable.