Instrument Cluster - Removal

REMOVAL

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the negative battery (ground) cable. Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. On vehicles equipped with the optional Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) system, a technician trained in proper HEV service safety procedures must also remove the high voltage service disconnect from the high voltage battery pack. This is the only sure way to disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment. Failure to follow these instructions may result in possible serious or fatal injury.





1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable. On vehicles equipped with the optional Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) system, a technician trained in proper HEV service safety procedures must also remove the high voltage service disconnect from the high voltage battery pack.
2. Remove the steering column opening cover from the instrument panel. Steering Column Opening Cover - Removal.
3. Rotate the brake lamp switch housing clockwise about 30 degrees to align the tabs on the switch locking collar with the keyed hole in the switch mounting bracket on the lower steering column.
4. Pull the switch straight back from the keyed hole to remove it from the bracket.
5. Remove the four nuts that secure the steering column to the mounting studs beneath the instrument panel.
6. Lower the steering column.
7. Remove the cluster bezel from the instrument panel. Instrument Cluster Bezel - Removal.
8. Remove the four screws (3) that secure the instrument cluster (2) to the instrument panel structural support (1).





9. Pull the instrument cluster rearward far enough to access and disconnect the instrument panel wire harness connectors (2) from the connector receptacles (1) on the back of the cluster housing.
10. Remove the instrument cluster from the instrument panel.