Yay, I'm back. So the turn signal switch had stopped returning after a turn. I looked it up here, and the replacement looked easy enough. Bought the part then followed the steps to remove the steering column cover. Removed old stalk/switch. Installed new one. Everything tests good. Reverse steps to put everything back together.
And now about 30% of the time, my door will chime even if the key has been removed. It will stop if you tap/whack the plastic around the keyhole. So I figured I just didn't get the two pieces back together exactly right. Today I took it apart again, and noticed that the inner plastic around the keyhole was moving. Not quite falling off, but not secured either. Is that right? I tried to manipulate it into a position where it might lock in place, but to no avail. I reinstalled the steering column cover again, and started/stopped/removed the key/opened the door several times. I thought it was fixed, but on the sixth time it chimed again.

Ugh.

 

That is the TheftDeterrentModule; it should not move. It is what senses the chip in the key.

 

Okay, here is a video of how t is jiggling. Any ideas on why it is moving or how to stabilize it?
Thanks

 

Those clip thingies hold it in

 

Sigh. I have removed the steering column cover again and I cannot figure out how to get it to clip into place. Nothing grabs. Anytime I think it is solid, it moves again when I reattach the cover. I guess I will take ti to the dealership and negate any savings from replacing the turn signal switch myself.

 

Watch this

 

Thanks.
That was not at all helpful. I have already replaced the turn signal switch. Maybe if I had seen that video first, I wouldn't have removed the entire lower half of the steering column cover and wouldn't have mesed up the theft deterrent module. But that's water under the bridge.

 

Okie dokie. The dealership will probably try to sell you a new module.

 

Then it was indeed helpful. You just didn't see it before.

 

lol. No, it was informative, but it did not help me at all. 😋