How to Remove the ECM/PCM For Testing

Dashboard/Door:

How to Remove the ECM/PCM for Testing

NOTE: Make sure you have the anti-theft code for the radio, then write down the frequencies for the radio's preset buttons before you disconnect the negative cable from the battery. Enter the anti-theft code, then the customer's radio station presets, and set the clock after you reconnect the negative cable to the battery.

1. Disconnect the negative cable from the battery.
2. Remove the passenger's dashboard lower cover, the right kick panel, and the glove box.

3. Remove the bolt. Cut the plastic cross brace in the glove box opening with diagonal cutters in the area shown, and discard it.

4. Remove the relays, then remove the bolts and the glove box frame.
5. Remove the ECM/PCM wire harness connector from the ECM/PCM mounting bracket. Remove the ECM/PCM mounting bolt and the bracket.
6. Remove the nuts, then remove the ECM/PCM.
7. Install the ECM/PCM in the reverse order of removal.
8. Reconnect the negative cable to the battery.