Removal and Installation

INSTRUMENT PANEL ASSEMBLY

Part 1:

Part 2:

Removal and Installation




WORK STEPS

REMOVAL
A. Steering Column Cover
1. Remove screws with power tool, and then steering column cover (upper/lower).
2. Disconnect connectors.

B. Steering Lock Escutcheon




Pull steering lock escutcheon back to your side, and disconnect metal clips.

C. Cluster Lid D




Pull cluster lid D back to your side, disconnect metal clips and connectors, and remove it.

D. Cluster Lid A




1. Remove screws with power tool.
2. Pull cluster lid A back to your side, and disconnect metal clips.




3. Make upper and lower side of cluster lid A narrower, and pull it back to your side.
4. Remove it as covering steering wheel.

E. Combination Meter
1. Remove screws with power tool, and disconnect connectors.




2. Turn to right part of meter come to your side. Push down to front face of meter up.

CAUTION: Cover meter with cloth avoid contact with meter bracket that may cause scratches or damages.




3. Pull meter to your side, then left side (Confirm the back of meter faces you).

F. Cluster Lid C




1. Remove ventilation mask, and remove screws with power tool.




2. Insert a cloth-covered screwdriver, or thin spatula into dip between instrument panel, pull cluster lid C back to your side,and disengage metal clips below.
3. Disconnect connectors, and remove cluster lid C.

CAUTION: Cover surroundings with cloth to avoid scratches or damages.

G. Display Unit
Remove display unit. Refer to "Removal and Installation of Display" in Driver Information System.

H. Clock
1. Remove screws, push to frontward clock, and remove clock.
2. Push tips of cluster lid C lower from back of instrument panel, and remove clock. Refer to "Removal and Installation" in Driver Information System.

I. Cluster Lid Center Lower




Open lid of ashtray. Hold lower part of cluster lid center lower, and pull it back to your side. Disconnect both right/left pawls and metal clips, and remove cluster lid center lower.

J. A/T Finisher




1. Open console lid and cup holder lid. Hold rear part of A/T finisher, lift it up, and disconnect metal clips at its rear end.
2. Hold side of A/T finisher, and disconnect metal clips in front. Pull it backward, remove it, and disconnect connectors.

K. Ashtray




1. Remove screws with power tool, pull ashtray back to your side, and disconnect metal clips.
2. Disconnect connectors, and remove ashtray.

L. Cup Holder
Remove screws with power tool, lift cup holder up, disconnect metal clips at its rear end, and remove it.

M. Console Box Assembly
1. Remove screws.




2. Pull center console rearward of vehicle, and remove it from instrument panel and rear cooler duct.
3. Disconnect connectors, and remove console box assembly.

NOTE: For easier installation, remove console finisher, console rear cover, center ventilator grille and console box finisher first.

N. CD Auto Changer
Remove screws with power tool, disconnect connectors, and remove CD auto changer. Refer to "Removal and Installation of CD Auto Changer" in Audio, Visual Navigation & Telephone System.

NOTE: To remove CD auto changer alone, slide console backward, open front of console outward, then remove it.

O. Instrument Lower Cover




1. Push down front of instrument lower cover, and disconnect metal clips.
2. Pull instrument lower cover horizontally, and remove it from lower cover clips.

CAUTION: Remove connectors of air bag (as connected) from instrument lower cover.

P. Glove Box




1. Pull clips of dumper to right side of vehicle, and remove it.




2. Disconnect clips of strap.
3. Remove glove box pins, and remove glove box.

Q. Instrument Finisher




Insert cloth-covered screw driver into gaps between instrument finisher and instrument panel on left side of instrument finisher, and disconnect metal clips.

R. Glove Box Cover
Remove screws with power tool and glove box striker, disconnect connectors, and remove glove box cover.

S. Audio Unit
Remove bolts with power tool, disconnect connectors, and remove audio unit. Refer to "Removal and Installation of Audio Unit" in Audio, Visual Navigation & Telephone System.

T. Instrument Reinforcement
Remove four nuts, and remove instrument reinforce.

U. Passenger Air Bag Module
Remove bolts with power tool, and remove front passenger air bag module. Refer to "Removal and Installation" in Supplemental Restraint.

V. Instrument Lower Driver Panel




1. Remove hood lock opener lever, and screws with power tool.
2. Pull instrument lower driver panel straight to your side, disconnect connectors, and remove instrument lower driver panel.

W. Knee Protector Lower
Remove screws and then remove knee protector.

X. Instrument Mask




Insert cloth-covered screw driver into gaps between instrument mask and instrument panel, lift instrument mask up, and remove instrument mask.

Y. Front Pillar Garnish
Pull front pillar garnish straight inside of vehicle, disengage metal clips, and remove front pillar garnish.
Refer to "Removal and Installation" in Exterior and Interior.

Z. Instrument Panel
1. Remove ignition key lamp, remove screws, and remove instrument panel bracket.




2. Remove bolts, and lower steering column.
3. Remove bolts, nuts and screws securing instrument panel with power tool, and remove instrument panel.

CAUTION:
- To install, confirm locating pins on back on vehicle.
- Do not leave harness stuck when installing.

INSTALLATION
Install in the reverse order of removal.