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Push Button Start Removal/Installation

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2017 Mazda CX-5. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
  1. Disconnect the negative battery terminal. (See NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL DISCONNECTION/CONNECTION .)
  2. Remove the lower decoration panel. (See DECORATION PANEL REMOVAL/INSTALLATION .)
  3. 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 lower decoration panel.
    Fig 1: Pressing Push Button Start Tabs
    G11426646Courtesy of MAZDA MOTORS CORP.
  4. Remove the push button start.
    Fig 2: Removing Push Button Start
    G11426647Courtesy of MAZDA MOTORS CORP.
  5. Install in the reverse order of removal.