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Dashboard / Instrument Panel: Service and Repair


REMOVAL






1. Disconnect the battery cables.
1. Disconnect the battery ground cable.
2. Disconnect the battery to starter relay cable and wait one minute for the backup power supply to be depleted.

WARNING: TO AVOID ACCIDENTAL DEPLOYMENT AND POSSIBLE INJURY, THE BACKUP POWER SUPPLY MUST BE DEPLETED BEFORE SERVICING OR REPLACING ANY AIR BAG SYSTEM COMPONENTS. TO DEPLETE THE BACKUP POWER SUPPLY ENERGY, DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO STARTER RELAY CABLE AND WAIT ONE MINUTE.






2. Remove the front floor console tray.
3. Remove the steering column, please refer to Steering and Suspension/Steering/Steering Column/Service and Repair/ Service and Repair






4. Disconnect the brake on/off switch electrical connector.






5. Lower the glove compartment door.
^ Press the two glove compartment release tabs inward while pulling downward on the glove compartment door.






6. Disconnect the blend door motor electrical connector.






7. Disconnect the climate control vacuum connector.






8. Disconnect the radio antenna cable.






9. Remove the LH and RH cowl trim panels.






10. Disconnect the electrical connectors and the ground wires on the RH cowl panel.






11. Disconnect the power distribution box from the bracket and position aside.






12. Remove the bulkhead wiring harness from inside the engine compartment.
1. Loosen the three bolts.
2. Disconnect the three electrical connectors.






13. Pull the bulkhead electrical connector handle to disconnect the harness.






14. Remove the passenger side air bag module, please refer to Restraint Systems/Air Bag Systems/Air Bag/Service and Repair/ Service and Repair

WARNING:
^ ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHEN REMOVING AND HANDLING AN AIR BAG.
^ CARRY A LIVE AIR BAG WITH THE BAG AND TRIM COVER POINTED AWAY FROM YOUR BODY. AN ACCIDENTAL DEPLOYMENT WILL THEN DEPLOY WITH MINIMAL CHANCE OF INJURY.
^ PLACE A LIVE AIR BAG ON A BENCH OR OTHER SURFACE WITH THE TRIM COVER UP.

1. Remove the two screws from inside the glove compartment.
2. Remove the passenger side air bag module.
^ Disconnect the electrical connector.
15. Remove the floor console, please refer to Body and Frame/Interior Trim/Console/Service and Repair/ Service and Repair






16. Remove the defrost grille.






17. Remove the instrument panel brace bolt under the steering column.






18. Remove the instrument panel fuse door.






19. Remove the two instrument panel bolts on the LH side of the instrument panel.






20. Remove the instrument panel bolt on the RH side of the instrument panel.






21. Remove the five instrument panel bolts along the top of the instrument panel.






22. Disconnect the instrument panel to body harness.
1. Loosen the bolt.
2. Disconnect the harness.






23. Remove the windshield side garnish mouldings.
24. Remove the instrument panel.
^. If necessary, transfer components to the new instrument panel.

INSTALLATION
1. Position the instrument panel.






2. Install the instrument panel to body harness.
1. Position the harness.
2. Install the bolt.






3. Install the windshield side garnish mouldings






4. Install the instrument panel mounting bolt on the RH side of the instrument panel.






5. Install the instrument panel mounting bolts on the LH side of the instrument panel.






6. Install the five instrument panel bolts along the top of the instrument panel.






7. Install the instrument panel fuse door.






8. Install the instrument panel brace bolt.






9. Install the defrost grille.
10. Install the floor console, please refer to Body and Frame/Interior Trim/Console/Service and Repair/ Service and Repair






11. Install the passenger side air bag module, please refer to Restraint Systems/Air Bag Systems/Air Bag/Service and Repair/ Service and Repair

WARNING:
^ ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHEN REMOVING AND HANDLING AN AIR BAG.
^ CARRY A LIVE AIR BAG WITH THE BAG AND TRIM COVER POINTED AWAY FROM YOUR BODY. AN ACCIDENTAL DEPLOYMENT WILL THEN DEPLOY WITH MINIMAL CHANCE OF INJURY.
^ PLACE A LIVE AIR BAG ON A BENCH OR OTHER SURFACE WITH THE TRIM COVER UP.

1. Connect the electrical connector.
2. Position the passenger side air bag module.
3. Install the two screws.






12. Position the bulkhead electrical connector handle.






13. Install the bulkhead wiring harness.
1. Position the electrical connectors.
2. Install the three bolts.






14. Install the power distribution box onto the power distribution box bracket.






15. Connect the electrical connectors and the ground wires on the RH cowl panel.






16. Install the LH and RH cowl trim panels.






17. Connect the radio antenna cable.






18. Connect the climate control vacuum connector.






19. Connect the blend door motor electrical connector.






20. Raise and secure the glove compartment door.
^ Press the two glove compartment door release tabs inward while raising the glove compartment door.






21. Connect the brake on/off switch electrical connector.
22. Install the steering column, please refer to Steering and Suspension/Steering/Steering Column/Service and Repair/ Service and Repair






23. Install the front floor console tray.






24. Connect the battery cables.

NOTE: When the battery is disconnected and reconnected, some abnormal drive symptoms may occur while the vehicle relearns its adaptive strategy. The vehicle may need to be driven 16 km (10 miles) or more to relearn the strategy.
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