Dashboard / Instrument Panel: Service and Repair

Instrument Panel Assembly












Removal


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1. Disconnect the battery ground cable.
2. Remove front console assembly.
- Remove the 4 fixing screws and disconnect the switch connectors.
3. Remove lower cluster assembly.
- Remove the 3 fixing screws (1) in order to disconnect the cigarette lighter (3) and the illumination (2) connectors.






4. Remove glove box. Remove the 2 fixing screws.






5. Remove instrument panel passenger lower cover assembly.
- Remove the 7 fixing screws (1) and 1 clip (2).






6. Remove passenger knee bolster reinforcement assembly. Remove the 4 fixing bolts (2) and 4 nuts (1).






7. Remove instrument panel driver lower cover assembly.
- Remove the engine hood opener fixing screws.
- Remove the 2 fixing screws (2), 1 fixing bolt (3), and 1 clip (4). Pull out the fasteners at the 4 positions (1).






8. Remove driver knee bolster assembly.
- Remove the 6 fixing nuts.






9. Remove front defroster grille.
- Pry 8 claws on the front side toward you side (room side) and raise the grille upward.

10. Remove instrument panel assembly.
- Remove the 2 fixing bolts on the SRS adjust bracket and the cross beam under the passenger inflator module.


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- Disconnect the 3 air conditioner control cables on the unit side.
- Remove the instrument harness connectors (5 connectors on the drivers side and 3 connectors on the passenger side), the passenger inflator module connector, the radio antenna cable plug, and the ground cable fixing bolt on the center bracket.
- Remove the 4 bolts (4) and the 2 nuts (3) under the instrument panel assembly, and the upper left and the upper right bolts (2) and the center nut (1).






11. Remove passenger inflator module.
- From the back of the instrument panel, remove the 4 fixing nuts (2) on the passenger inflator module (3) and the 2 fixing nuts (1) and washers on the support bracket (4), then disengage the 2 clips in order to remove the passenger inflator module.







12. Remove instrument panel cluster assembly.
- Remove the 5 fixing screws (2) and pull the main unit toward you and remove the clips at the 4 positions (1). Disconnect the switch connectors.







13. Remove meter assembly.
- Remove the 4 meter assembly fixing screws and disconnect the meter harness connectors.






14. Remove control lever assembly.
- Refer to HVAC System in HVAC section.

15. Remove radio assembly.
- Remove 2 fixing screws.

16. Remove vent duct assembly.
- Remove 5 fixing screws.

17. Remove instrument harness assembly.
- Remove the 4 fixing screws, fasteners at the 4 positions and the clips at the 7 positions.

18. Remove side defroster grille.

Notice: For the order of removal steps in which each items contained in the instrument panel assembly are removed individually refer to the chart.


Installation

To install, follow the removal steps in the reverse order.






M/T = Manual Transmission

A/T = Automatic Transmission

SRS = Supplemental Restraint System