Module, Adaptive Cruise Control: Removal: Sensor
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2014 Dodge Durango. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
- Raise and support the vehicle.
- Unsnap and remove the plastic bezel from the opening in the center of the grille texture insert of the lower air intake opening in the front fascia.
- If equipped, unsnap and remove the sensor bezel (mirror cover) (3) from the face of the adaptive speed control (also known as Adaptive Cruise Control/ACC) sensor (4) located below the center of the front bumper support bar (1).
- Disconnect the Front End Module (FEM) wire harness connector (5) from the ACC sensor connector receptacle.
- Firmly grasp the ACC sensor housing and pull it sharply forward from the sensor mounting bracket (2) until the one fixed and the two adjustable ball studs of the sensor unsnap from the three molded plastic ball socket clips in the bracket.
- Remove the ACC sensor from the vehicle.NOTE:
The three molded plastic ball socket clips in the ACC sensor mounting bracket MUST be removed, discarded and replaced with new ball socket clips any time the sensor is removed from the bracket.
- Remove the three molded plastic ball socket clips (5) from the back side of the ACC sensor mounting bracket and discard. The clips are removed by rotating them counterclockwise.