Instrument Cluster / Carrier: Service and Repair

WARNING: ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AIR-BAGS, DISABLE THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY STEERING WHEEL, STEERING COLUMN, DRIVER AIRBAG, PASSENGER AIRBAG, SEAT BELT TENSIONER, OR INSTRUMENT PANEL COMPONENT DIAGNOSIS OR SERVICE. DISCONNECT AND ISOLATE THE BATTERY NEGATIVE (GROUND) CABLE, THEN WAIT TWO MINUTES FOR THE SYSTEM CAPACITOR TO DISCHARGE BEFORE PERFORMING FURTHER DIAGNOSIS OR SERVICE. THIS IS THE ONLY SURE WAY TO DISABLE THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM. FAILURE TO TAKE THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENTAL SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT DEPLOYMENT AND POSSIBLE PERSONAL INJURY.

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Remove the cluster bezel from the instrument panel.
3. Remove the cluster top cover from the instrument panel.

Instrument Cluster Remove/Install:

4. Remove the two screws that secure the instrument cluster mounting ears to the instrument panel base structure.

RKE/Immobilizer Module:

5. Roll the top of the instrument cluster rearward far enough to access and release the latch that secures the RKE/immobilizer module to the back of the instrument cluster rear cover and disengage the module from the cluster.

Cluster Connectors:

6. Depress the release (Arrow A) and lift the lever arm (Arrow B) to disconnect each of the two frame wire harness connectors for the cluster from the connector receptacles on the back of the cluster housing.
7. Lift the instrument cluster upward far enough to disengage the two molded plastic pivot loops integral to the base of the cluster hood from the two pairs of molded plastic pivot hooks that are integral to the top of the instrument panel base structure.
8. Remove the instrument cluster from the instrument panel.

INSTALLATION
1. Position the instrument cluster to the instrument panel.
2. Align the two molded plastic pivot loops integral to the base of the cluster hood between the two pairs of molded plastic pivot hooks that are integral to the top of instrument panel base structure, then push downward on the top of the cluster until the loops snap into engagement with the hooks.
3. Roll the top of the instrument cluster rearward to access, reconnect, and latch the two frame wire harness connectors for the cluster to the connector receptacles on the back of the cluster housing.
4. Engage and latch the RKE/immobilizer module to the back of the instrument cluster rear cover.
5. Roll the top of the instrument cluster forward to position the instrument cluster into the instrument panel.
6. Install and tighten the two screws that secure the instrument cluster mounting ears to the instrument panel base structure. Tighten the screws to 2 N.m (20 in. lbs.).
7. Reinstall the cluster top cover onto the instrument panel.
8. Reinstall the cluster bezel onto the instrument panel.
9. Reconnect the battery negative cable.