Dashboard / Instrument Panel: Description and Operation

The one-piece slush-moulded fascia has an injection-moulded armature and incorporates a steel transverse reinforcing rail. Fascia side support brackets pre-set to the BIW, determine fascia fore and aft, and height positions and a bush installed in a BIW bracket centrally positioned on the upper fascia panel, similarly determines the correct transverse location of a fascia dowel. These mountings together with access panels at each end of the fascia and brackets at the top and sides of the BIW tunnel, facilitate fascia removal and installation without the necessity for special tools or an alignment procedure. The fascia houses the main instrument panel, passenger air bag module glovebox, air conditioning outlet vents and a centrally mounted analogue clock, all of which can be readily removed without disturbing the fascia. The fascia harness is located in the nose of the fascia assembly to facilitate easy installation in vehicle. The fascia must be removed from the vehicle to access the harness.