Instrument Panel

INSTRUMENT PANEL

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) 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 SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.

NOTE: An intrusion sensor is installed within the instrument panel only on vehicles equipped with the export premium version of the Vehicle Theft Alarm (VTA).





1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Using a trim stick or another suitable wide flat-bladed tool, gently and evenly pry the upper edges of the lower center trim panel (3) away from the instrument panel far enough to disengage the two snap clips (2) that secure the top of the panel to the base trim of the instrument panel center stack.
3. Rotate the lower center trim panel downward far enough to disengage the two tabs (1) at the bottom of the panel from the base trim of the instrument panel center stack.
4. Disconnect the intrusion sensor pigtail wire from the instrument panel wire harness.
5. Remove the fasteners securing the intrusion sensor to the base trim of the instrument panel center stack.
6. Remove the intrusion sensor from the instrument panel.