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Repair Procedures: Installation

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  1. Set the front tires straight-ahead.
  2. Turn the ignition switch OFF.
  3. Disconnect the battery negative cable from the battery and wait for at least three minutes before beginning the work.
  4. Connect the clock spring harness connector and horn harness connector to the clock spring.
  5. Factory setting for the clock spring is neutral.
    1. If white cable is visible through the product's 10 o'clock Neutral Check Window, then the spring is at neutral.
    2. If white cable is not visible through the product's 10 o'clock Neutral Check Window, then manually adjust the setting to neutral.
    Neutral Check Window: Normal Neutral Check Window: Fault
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    White cable is visible through 10 O'Clock Neutral Check Window White cable is not visible through 10 O'Clock Neutral Check Window
  6. Clock spring manual neutral setting procedure.
    1. Press the Auto Lock at 6 O'Clock and turn clockwise 3 rotations.
      Fig 1: Pressing Auto Lock At 6 O'Clock And Turn Clockwise 3 Rotations
      G12041403Courtesy of HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA
    2. Press the Auto Lock at 6 O" Clock and turn counter-clockwise 3 rotations.
    3. If white cable is visible through the 10 O" Clock Neutral Check Window, then the spring is set to neutral.
    Fig 2: Pressing Auto Lock At 6 O'Clock And Turn Counter-Clockwise 3 Rotations
    G12041404Courtesy of HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA
  7. Install the steering wheel column shroud and the steering wheel.

    (Refer to Steering System - "STEERING WHEEL " and "MOTOR DRIVEN POWER STEERING ")

  8. Connect the Driver Airbag (DAB) module connector and horn connector, and then install the Driver Airbag (DAB) module on the steering wheel.
  9. Connect the battery negative cable.
  10. After installing the airbag, confirm proper system operation: