Instrument Cluster - Disassembly

DISASSEMBLY

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supplemental restraint system before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, 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.

NOTE: Some of the components for the instrument cluster used in this vehicle are serviced individually. The serviced components include the incandescent instrument cluster illumination lamp bulbs (including the integral bulb holders), and the cluster lens, hood and mask unit. Following are the procedures for disassembling these components from the instrument cluster.

CLUSTER BULB







1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.

2. Remove the instrument cluster from the instrument panel.

3. From the back of the instrument cluster (1), turn the bulb holder counterclockwise about 30 degrees on the cluster electronic circuit board.

4. Pull the bulb and bulb holder unit straight out from the keyed opening in the cluster electronic circuit board.

CLUSTER LENS, HOOD, AND MASK







1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.

2. Remove the instrument cluster from the instrument panel.

3. From the back of the instrument cluster, remove the eight screws (1) around the outer perimeter of the rear cover (2) that secure the lens, hood, and mask unit (4) to the cluster housing (3).

4. Remove the lens, hood, and mask unit from the face of the instrument cluster.