Glove Compartment, Removing And Installing: Removing

-- Remove the front passenger side instrument panel side cover. Refer to Refer to INSTRUMENT PANEL SIDE COVER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the footwell lamp. Refer to COMPONENT LOCATION OVERVIEW - INSTRUMENT PANEL LAMPS .

-- Open the glove compartment lid.

-- Remove the glove compartment lamp. Refer to Glove Compartment Lamp -W6-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Equipped on some models: remove the Information Electronics Control Module 1 -J794-. Refer to COMPONENT LOCATION OVERVIEW - INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM .

-- Remove the bolts -arrows 1 to 8-, shown as an example.

-- Disengage the glove compartment -1- at the side from the pin -arrow- as shown here as an example.

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-- Slightly remove the glove compartment carefully.

-- Disconnect the connectors.

-- Equipped on some models: remove the connection for the glove compartment cooling.

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-- Carefully place the glove compartment -1- with the connected knee airbag connector in the footwell.

-- Remove the nuts -arrows- for the knee airbag and remove the bracket -2-.

-- Engage the glove compartment -1- with the knee airbag back into the instrument panel.

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-- Lift the glove compartment insert -2- with a flat-head screwdriver and remove it.

-- Remove the nuts -arrows- and carefully remove the knee airbag from the glove compartment.

-- Carefully remove the knee airbag -4-, until the connector -3- can be disconnected.

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-- To do so, use a small flat-head screwdriver to release the connector lock -2- -arrow- and disconnect the connector.

-- Remove the knee airbag.

-- Disengage the glove compartment -1- from the instrument panel and remove it.