Dashboard
Dashboard Removal/InstallationSRS components are located in this area. Review the SRS component locations and precautions and procedures before performing repairs or service.
NOTE:
- When prying with a flat-tip screwdriver, wrap it with protective tape, and apply protective tape around the related parts to prevent damage.
- Have an assistant help you when removing and installing the dashboard.
- Take care not to scratch the dashboard, body, and other related parts.
- Put on gloves to protect your hands.
1. Make sure you have the antitheft codes for the radio and the navigation system, then write down the frequencies for the preset buttons.
2. Disconnect the negative cable from the battery, and wait at least 3 minutes before beginning work.
3. Remove these items:
- Center console
- Driver's dashboard lower cover
- Dashboard side lid, passenger's side
- Glove box
- Kick panels, both sides
- A-pillar trim, both sides
- Steering column
- A-pillar corner trim, driver's side
4. With navigation system, remove these items:
- Front seat, passenger's side
- Carpet, passenger's side as necessary
Driver's side
5. From under the dash, disconnect the side wire harness connectors (A), engine compartment wire harness connectors (B), door wire harness connectors (C), dashboard wire harness connector; (D), interior wire harness connectors (E), brake pedal position switch connector (F), and parking brake switch connector (G). Detach the wire harness clip (H).
Middle portion
6. On the driver's side, disconnect the PCM connector (A), SRS unit connectors (B), mode motor connector (C), and the in-car temperature sensor hose (D), and with a Torx T30 bit, remove the ground bolt (E). Detach the wire harness clips (F).
7. On the inside of the dashboard center frame, disconnect the SRS floor wire harness connectors (A) and rear NC sub wire harness connectors (B), and detach the wire harness clips (C).
8. On the passenger's side, disconnect the evaporator temperature sensor connector (A), air mix control motor connector (B), PCM sub wire harness connector (C), and antenna lead and wire harness clip (D). With navigation system, release the navigation sub wire harness (E) and GPS antenna harness (F) from the floor.
Passenger's side
9. Remove the bolt (A), and pull out the fuse/relay box (B). Disconnect the side wire harness connectors (C), engine compartment wire harness connectors (D), door wire harness connectors (E), interior wire harness connector (F), recalculation control motor connector (G), power transistor connector (H), and blower motor connector (I).
10. Detach all of the harness and connector clips.
11. Remove the bolts (A, B, C, D, E, F), and lift up on the dashboard (G) to release it from the guide pins (H, I) on the body.
12. Carefully remove the dashboard through the front door opening.
13. Install the dashboard in the reverse order of removal, and note these items:
- Make sure the dashboard fits onto the guide pins correctly.
- Apply liquid thread lock to the center frame mounting bolts before reinstallation.
- Make sure the center frames are installed on the center bracket properly.
- Before tightening the bolts, make sure each wire harness is not pinched.
- Make sure the connectors are plugged in properly, and the antenna lead is connected properly.
- Reconnect the negative cable to the battery.
- Enter the anti-theft code for the radio, then enter the customer's radio station presets.
- Reset the clock.
- Do the PCM idle learn procedure, and the power window control unit reset procedure.