Removal
REMOVAL1. Disconnect battery ground cable. Disconnect positive battery cable and wait one minute for the air bag diagnostic monitor to deplete the air bag back-up power supply.
2. Loosen main wiring connector bolt in engine compartment at LH side of dash panel and separate connectors.
3. Remove radio antenna stanchion and disconnect radio antenna lead in cable from the lead base of the radio antenna stanchion.
4. Remove both RH and LH windshield side garnish mouldings.
5. Remove screws retaining both RH and LH front door scuff plate. Lift front door scuff plates and remove front door opening weatherstrips from body flanges.
NOTE: Do not remove safety belt retaining bolts.
6. Remove RH and LH cowl side trim panels.
7. Remove three screws along the bottom of instrument panel steering column cover. Pull on instrument panel steering column cover to unsnap the three clips across top of instrument panel steering column cover. Remove instrument panel steering column cover.
8. Remove ignition switch lock cylinder.
9. Remove four screws retaining the steering column shrouds together and remove steering column shrouds.
10. Install the ignition switch lock cylinder to prevent steering wheel from turning.
11. Disconnect wiring connectors at the multi-function switch.
12. Remove one screw and A/C evaporator register duct from under the steering column tube.
13. Disconnect the wiring connectors at the bottom of the steering column tube.
14. Remove the pinch bolt retaining the steering column tube to steering column lower yoke and slightly spread the steering column lower yoke with a screwdriver.
15. While supporting the steering column tube, remove the four steering column tube retaining nuts.
16. Remove the interlock cable retaining screws and shift actuator cable fitting.
17. Carefully remove the steering column tube from the vehicle.
18. Loosen main wiring connector bolt at LH side of steering column opening and separate connectors.
19. Disconnect stoplight switch wiring connector.
Wiring Connectors - LH Side:
Wiring Connectors - RH Side:
20. Pull back the floor carpet on both sides of the vehicle. Disconnect the window regulator safety relay switch wiring and the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) from the main wiring.
21. Open glove compartment to the stop, unsnap glove compartment door check from RH side of glove compartment.
22. Remove three screws retaining bottom of glove compartment door hinge and glove compartment to the instrument panel.
23. Remove glove compartment from instrument panel.
Without Automatic Temperature Control:
With Automatic Temperature Control:
24. Reach through glove compartment opening and disconnect the wiring and vacuum hoses/connector from the heater-A/C evaporator housing.
25. Disconnect the main wiring from the speed control amplifier and bracket assembly.
26. Remove floor console panel.
27. Using a putty knife or similar tool, insert under the LH or RH corner of the instrument panel upper finish panel. Pry up on the instrument panel upper finish panel to release one snap clip.
NOTE: Protect the instrument panel surface during this procedure.
28. Unsnap the remaining four clips by pulling up by hand, working toward the opposite side of the vehicle.
29. Remove two nuts retaining LH side of instrument panel to cowl side.
30. Remove two nuts and one bolt retaining the instrument panel to the instrument panel bracket.
31. Remove the nut retaining the RH side of the instrument panel to cowl side.
NOTE: The following steps require two technicians.
32. Remove the six bolts retaining the top of the instrument panel to the dash panel.
33. Carefully pull instrument panel away from windshield glass while checking for and disconnecting any remaining wiring connectors. Disengage the antenna wire grommet from the sheet metal and pull the radio antenna lead in cable through the dash panel.
34. If instrument panel is being replaced, transfer all components, wiring and retaining hardware to new instrument panel if necessary.