Dashboard / Instrument Panel: Service and Repair
PRE-REMOVAL AND POST-INSTALLATION OPERATION1. Floor Console Assembly Removal and Installation
2. Steering Wheel Removal and Installation
3. Steering Column Cover Removal and Installation
CAUTION:
1. When removing and installing the floor console, do not let it bump against the Airbag Control Module.
2. For the passenger's side airbag module removal/installation, always observe the service procedures of Airbag.
REMOVAL STEPS
1. Meter bezel
2. Combination meter
3. Radio and tape player, and box
4. Console side cover
5. Sunglasses holder
6. Stopper
7. Glove box
8. Passenger's side air bag module assembly
9. Hood lock release handle
10. instrument under cover LH.
11. Center air outlet assembly
12. Heater control assembly
13. Instrument panel switch
14. Instrument under cover R.H.
15. Front speaker
16. Instrument panel assembly
REMOVAL SERVICE POINTS
Stopper Removal
Push the stopper in the direction of the arrow to unlock it.
Heater Control Assembly Removal
1. Push the lever pin to disconnect the air outlet changeover damper cable.
2. Snap the boss and clamp with nippers or a flat-tipped screwdriver, etc to remove the heater control assembly.
NOTE: The boss and clamp are needed for assembly line at the factory, but not needed for service work.
INSTALLATION SERVICE POINTS
Heater Control Assembly Installation
1. Always snap the boss and clamp before installing a new heater control assembly to the instrument panel.
NOTE: The boss and clamp are needed for assembly line at the factory, but not needed for service work.
2. Set the temperature control knob on the heater control assembly to MAX HOT.
3. Set the air mix damper lever at the top of the heater unit to the MAX HOT position, and install the cable to the lever pin.
4. Push the outer cable in the direction of the arrow so that there is no looseness, and then secure it with the clip.
5. Set the knob for the air outlet changeover on the,
6. ,control assembly to the. DEF position. - Set the air outlet changeover damper lever of the heated unit to DEF position and install the cable to the pin.
7. Push the outer cable in the direction of the arrow. that there is no looseness, and then secure it with the clip.
8. Set the lever for the inside/outside air changeover or, the heater control assembly to the inside air recirculation position.
9. Set the inside/outside air changeover damper lever of the blower unit to inside air recirculation position (while the inside/outside air changeover damper lever touches the stopper of the blower case) and install the cable to the lever pin.
10. Push the outer cable in the direction of the arrow so that there is no looseness, and then secure it with the clip.
Center Air Outlet Installation
1. Turn the cool air bypass lever of the center air outlet fully downward.
2. Pull the cool air bypass damper lever fully toward you to install the cable to the lever pin.
3. Push the outer cable in the direction of the arrow so that there is no looseness, and then secure it with the clip.
DISASSEMBLY STEPS
1. Glove box under frame
2. Glove box light switch
3. Glove box light bracket
4. Glove box striker
5. Defroster garnish
6. Rheostat
7. Striker reinforcement
8. Side face garnish
9. Instrument panel wiring harness