Removal Procedure
The underhood electrical center is part of the forward lamp wiring harness.
The underhood electrical center and harness must be replaced as a complete
assembly.
- Disconnect the negative
battery cable. Refer to
Battery Negative Cable Disconnection and Connection
.
- Starting inside the vehicle, disconnect the accel/cruise servo
cable adjuster electrical connectors (1).
- Disconnect the following
connectors from the steering column (1):
• | Cut the insulator from around the connector. |
- Disconnect the electronic
throttle control (ETC) electrical connector (1), if equipped with a 3.8 L
engine.
- Disconnect the rosebud clips (2) from the dash mat.
- Raise and suitably support the vehicle. Refer to
Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle
in General Information.
- Disconnect the secondary
air injection (AIR) pump connector, if equipped with a 5.7 L engine.
- Disconnect the vacuum
tank hose from the vacuum tank.
- Remove the park/turn signal
(3) and marker lamp (1) connector from the lamp (2).
- On Pontiac, disconnect the side marker lamp connector.
- Remove the side repeater
lamp (Export only).
- Remove the harness clips
(1) from the fender rail. (Export only)
- On Chevrolet, disconnect
the connector from the fog lamp.
- Remove the rosebud clip from the front bumper beam.
- On Pontiac, disconnect
the connector from the fog lamp.
- Remove the clip from the front bumper beam.
- Remove the secondary lock
retainer (3).
- Disconnect the headlamp jumper harness (2) from the forward lamp
harness (1).
- Disconnect the inline
headlamp connector (1) from the forward lamp harness.
- Disconnect the rosebud clip (5) from the front end panel.
- Route the following through the front end panel hole.
• | Park/turn signal connector (3) |
• | Side marker connector (4), Pontiac only |
- Lower the vehicle.
- Remove the captured secondary
lock (1) from the connector.
- Disconnect the ETC connector (2) from the throttle body, if equipped
with a 3.8 L engine.
- Disconnect the washer
pump electrical connector (1).
- Disconnect the windshield washer fluid hose (2) from the pump.
- Disconnect the forward
lamp wiring harness rosebud clips (1) from the tie bar.
- Disconnect the cooling
fan electrical connectors.
- Disconnect the harness rosebud clips.
- Remove the battery. Refer to
Battery Replacement
.
- Remove the right front
ground bolt (2).
- Remove the forward lamp wiring ground (3) from the tie bar.
- Remove the harness from the outboard of the battery tray (1).
- Remove the forward lamp harness headlamp branch through the hole
in the front panel.
- Remove the forward lamp
harness ground stud (1).
- Remove the forward lamp harness ground (2).
- Disconnect the electronic throttle actuator electrical connector
(3), if equipped with a 5.7 L engine.
- Disconnect the secondary
captured locks.
- Disconnect the forward lamp harness from the engine harness.
- Disconnect the forward lamp harness vacuum tube from the top of
the vacuum check valve.
- Remove the speed sensor
connector (1) from the mid rail.
- Disconnect the harness rosebud (2) clip at the coolant fill neck.
- Remove the positive battery
cable from the stud on the fuseblock:
43.1. | Open the positive cable cap. |
43.2. | Remove the positive cable to fuseblock stud nut |
43.3. | Remove the positive cable from the fuseblock stud. |
- Remove the ABS/SIR electrical
ground stud (1) from the wheelhouse panel.
- Remove the ABS/SIR electrical ground terminal (2) from the wheelhouse.
- Disconnect the 30 way
connector (1) from the brake pressure module valve.
- Disconnect the brake fluid
level sensor connector (1) from the master cylinder.
- Remove the wheel speed sensor connector (2) from the mid rail.
- Remove the underhood electrical
center from the wheelhouse bracket.
- Remove the air inlet grille panel. Refer to
Air Inlet Grille Panel Replacement
in Body Front
End.
- Disconnect the wiper motor electrical connector.
- Remove the wipe motor
harness branch from the plenum extension.
- Remove the windshield washer fluid hose from the plenum extension.
- Remove the forward lamp wiring harness grommet bolt (2).
- Remove the harness rosebud clip at the left wheelhouse panel.
- Gently, remove the forward lamp harness from inside the vehicle
through the front of dash opening.
- Remove the forward lamp wiring harness from the vehicle.
Installation Procedure
- Install the forward lamp
wiring harness to the vehicle.
- Route the forward lamp harness through the front of dash in the
interior of the vehicle.
- Install the harness rosebud clip to the left wheelhouse panel.
- Install the forward lamp wiring harness grommet bolt (2).
Tighten
Tighten the forward lamp wiring harness grommet bolt (2) to 2 N·m
(18 lb in).
- Install the windshield washer fluid hose to the plenum extension.
- Install the wiper motor branch to the plenum extension.
- Connect the wiper motor electrical connector.
- Install the air inlet grille panel. Refer to
Air Inlet Grille Panel Replacement
in Body Front
End.
- Perform the following
to install the underhood electrical center to the wheelhouse bracket:
9.1. | Tilt the forward lamp harness bracket outboard. |
9.2. | Insert the tab on the bracket into the hole in the wheelhouse
bracket. |
9.3. | Roll bracket back inboard. |
9.4. | Secure bracket by sliding down into tabs on tie bar. |
- Install the wheel speed
sensor connector (2) to the mid rail.
- Connect the brake fluid level sensor connector (1) to the master
cylinder.
- Connect the 30 way connector
(1) to the brake pressure module valve.
- Install the ABS/SIR electrical
ground terminal (2) to the wheelhouse.
- Install the ABS/SIR electrical ground stud (1) to the wheelhouse
panel.
Tighten
Tighten the ABS/SIR electrical ground stud (1) to 14 N·m
(10 lb ft).
- Install the harness ground
wire (2) to the tie bar.
- Install the left front forward lamp wiring ground bolt (1).
Tighten
Tighten the left front forward lamp wiring ground bolt (1) to 10 N·m
(89 lb in).
- Install the positive battery
to the stud on the fuseblock:
17.1. | Install the positive cable to the fuseblock stud. |
17.2. | Install the positive cable to fuseblock stud nut. |
Tighten
Tighten the positive cable nut to fuseblock stud to 14 N·m
(10 lb ft).
17.3. | Install the positive battery cable cover. |
- Connect the harness rosebud
(2) clip to the coolant fill neck.
- Install the speed sensor connector (1) to the mid rail.
- Connect the forward lamp
harness vacuum tube to the top of the vacuum check valve.
- Connect the forward lamp harness to the engine harness.
- Connect the secondary captured locks.
- Connect the electronic
throttle actuator electrical connector (3), if equipped with a 5.7 L
engine.
- Install the forward lamp harness ground (2).
- Install the forward lamp harness ground stud (1).
Tighten
Tighten the forward lamp harness ground stud (1) to 16 N·m
(12 lb ft).
- Route the forward lamp
harness headlamp branch through the hole in the front panel.
- Tuck the harness into the opening forward of the battery tray
(1).
- Install the forward lamp wiring ground (3) to the tie bar.
- Install the right front ground bolt (2).
Tighten
Tighten the right front ground bolt (2) to 10 N·m (89 lb in).
- Install the battery. Refer to
Battery Replacement
.
- Connect the rosebud clips.
- Connect the cooling fan electrical connectors.
- Connect the forward lamp
wiring harness rosebud clips (1) to the tie bar.
- Connect the windshield
washer fluid hose (2) to the pump.
- Connect the washer pump electrical connector (1).
- Connect the ETC connector
(2) to the throttle body, if equipped with 3.8 L engine.
- Install the captured secondary lock (1) to the connector.
- Raise and suitably support the vehicle. Refer to
Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle
in General Information.
- Route the following through
the front end panel hole:
• | Side marker connector (4), Pontiac only |
• | Park/turn signal connector (3) |
- Connect the rosebud clip (5) to the front end panel.
- Connect the inline headlamp connector (1) to the forward lamp
harness.
- Connect the headlamp jumper
harness (2) to the forward lamp harness (1).
- Install the secondary lock retainer (3).
- On Pontiac, install the
clip (3) to the front bumper beam.
- Connect the fog lamp connector (2) to the lamp.
- On Chevrolet, install
the rosebud clip to the front bumper beam.
- Connect the fog lamp connector to the lamp.
- Install the harness clips
(1) to the fender rail. (Export only)
- Install the side repeater
lamp. (Export only)
- Install the park/turn
signal (3) and marker (1) connector to the lamp (2).
- On Pontiac, connect the side marker lamp connector.
- Connect the vacuum tank
hose to the vacuum tank.
- Connect the AIR pump connector,
if equipped with a 5.7 L engine.
- Lower the vehicle.
- Connect the rosebud clips
(2) to the dash mat.
- Connect the ETC electrical connector (1), if equipped with a 3.8 L
engine.
- Connect the following
connector to the steering column (1):
• | Install a tie strap around the connector between the black and pink
wires. |
- Connect the accel/cruise
servo cable adjuster electrical connectors (1).
- Connect the negative battery
cable. Refer to
Battery Negative Cable Disconnection and Connection
.