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Push Button Start Removal/Installation

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2016 Mazda CX-3. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
  1. Disconnect the negative battery cable. (Refer to NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE DISCONNECTION/CONNECTION .)
  2. Remove the upper column cover. (Refer to COLUMN COVER REMOVAL/INSTALLATION .)
  3. Remove the meter hood. (Refer to METER HOOD REMOVAL/INSTALLATION .)
  4. While pressing the push button start tabs in the direction of the arrows (1) shown in the figure, and push out the push button start in the direction of the arrow (2) shown in the figure to detach the push button start tabs from the meter hood.
    Fig 1: Detaching Push Button Start Tabs From Meter Hood
    G10914452Courtesy of MAZDA MOTORS CORP.
  5. Remove the push button start.
    Fig 2: Removing Push Button Start
    G10914453Courtesy of MAZDA MOTORS CORP.
  6. Install in the reverse order of removal.