Instrument Cluster / Carrier: Service and Repair

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER

WARNING: TO AVOID PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH, ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AIRBAGS, DISABLE THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY STEERING WHEEL, STEERING COLUMN, 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 AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT.

REMOVAL

CAUTION: The following procedure is for replacement of an ineffective and unresponsive Instrument Cluster (IC) with a new unit. If the IC is ineffective or damaged but still responsive, it may be replaced using an automatic replacement procedure that will upload IC parameterization data from the existing IC to the diagnostic scan tool, then download that data to the new IC. Refer to the MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS menu item under the IC module in the diagnostic scan tool, then select MODULE AUTO REPLACEMENT and follow the scan tool prompts to replace the IC. Do not lock down the IC until all of the steps are followed and completed or the new IC may be irreversibly damaged. This procedure initializes and configures the IC for certain optional equipment on the vehicle without the need for performing a separate cluster programming procedure. Failure to correctly parameterize the IC prior to it being electronically locked down will result in the IC being incorrectly and irreversibly configured for improper vehicle equipment options, which will require the IC be replaced again with another new and unused unit to resolve.

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 Remote Keyless Entry (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 Remote Keyless Entry (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.

CAUTION: If an ineffective and unresponsive Instrument Cluster (IC) has been replaced with a new unit, the new IC must be initialized and configured for certain optional equipment on the vehicle using a cluster programming procedure Failure to correctly perform this programming procedure (also referred to as parameterization) prior to the IC being electronically locked down will result in the IC being incorrectly and irreversibly configured for improper vehicle equipment options, which will require the IC be replaced again with another new and unused unit to resolve.