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It literally takes about five minutes to do. Take out the two screws located on the top of the trim piece around the gauge cluster, drop the steering wheel all the way down and finagle it out of the way. Or if you don't mind you can unplug the little button on it and just set it aside, but you will lose the trip mileage doing so. Then the center vent has two clips. They are about 3/4-1 inch from the corners on the bottom. Get two wide flat screw drivers and insert one about three inches from the side you wish to start on. You will be able to see one of the clips. Just wiggle the second screw driver in under the clip and that side will pop loose and leave that screw driver there. The first screw driver can now be slid over to the other clip to unfasten it. Pull the vent from the bottom and the whole thing will come out. Now you want to use a screw driver to pop off the trim piece around the switch. You can look inside the dash now and see three screws holding the hazard bracket in place. Those are a pain to take out. What I did instead was take a long thin finishing nail and bent it about 1/4 inch from the point. If you feel the top and bottom of the bracket you will find two little slots on the bracket where the switch snaps into place. Use one hand the push the hazard button in with a little force and use the nail to push into the slot on the bottom and the one on top. You can then push the switch into the dash and pull it out through the opening where the center vent was. Unplug, plug new one in and slide into the bracket. It'll make a snap when seated. Pop the center vent in, put trim piece back on, install the trim piece around gauge cluster and you're done. I've done mine twice, first time removing bracket and it took forever and then the second time around used this method and I think it literally took no more than 5 minutes.
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