Dashboard / Instrument Panel: Service and Repair

Description:

Remove or Disconnect
^ After a non-deployment accident, visually inspect the instrument panel assembly for damage or deformation. Any visible damage would indicate structural damage and therefore mandate I/P assembly replacement.

Remove or Disconnect
^ Disable SIR system. Refer to Disabling the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) System.

CAUTION: When servicing an I/P assembly containing a live inflator module, or when leaving an I/P assembly containing a live inflator module unattended on a bench or other surface, always face the air bag deployment opening up, away from the surface. This is necessary so that a free space is provided to allow the air bag to expand in the unlikely event of accidental deployment. Failure to follow procedures could result in personal injury.

Remove or Disconnect
1. Cluster trim plate.
2. Upper trim pad.
3. Passenger inflator module.
4. Sound Insulators.
5. Knee Bolster and deflector.
6. PRNDL cable.
7. Lower steering column.

Important
^ Place protective cloth on steering column to protect column from scratches.
8. Bolts connecting I/P center bracket to dash center support bracket.
9. Nuts to I/P outer support brackets.
10. Fasteners to I/P outer support brackets.
11. Pull I/P assembly away from dash.
12. Electrical connectors (i.e. I/P interconnect).
13. Antenna coax cable.
14. I/P assembly.

Install or Connect
1. I/P assembly.
2. Electrical connectors.
3. Antenna coax cable.
4. Fasteners to I/P outer support brackets.

Tighten
^ Fasteners to 9.5 Nm (84 lb in).

5. Fasteners to I/P outer support brackets.

Tighten
^ Fasteners to 9.5 Nm (84 lb in).

6. Fasteners to I/P center bracket.

Tighten
^ Fasteners to 9.5 Nm (84 lb in).

^ Raise steering column.
7. PRNDL cable.
8. Passenger inflator module.
9. Upper trim panel.
10. Cluster trim plate.
11. Sound Insulators.
12. Knee Bolster and Deflector.
^ Enable SIR system. Refer to Enabling the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) System.