51 45 030 Removing And Installing Instrument Panel Trim

Necessary preliminary tasks:

Move wheels into straight-ahead position
Move front seats back completely and lower
Retract steering wheel completely and lower
Disconnect battery negative lead . See 12 00... INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING BATTERY .
Remove both trims for front roof pillar . See 51 43 201 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING TRIM FOR ROOF PILLAR AT FRONT (A-PILLAR), LEFT OR RIGHT .
Remove light operator unit . See 61 31 037 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING LIGHT CONTROL UNIT .
Remove side cover on instrument panel on left and right . See 51 45 ... REPLACING SIDE COVER ON INSTRUMENT PANEL .
Remove trim panel for pedal assembly . See 51 45 185 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING PANEL FOR PEDALS .
Remove steering column switch cluster . See 61 31 008 REMOVING AND INSTALLING OR REPLACING STEERING COLUMN SWITCH CLUSTER .
Remove instrument cluster . See 62 11 280 REMOVING AND INSTALLING (REPLACING) INSTRUMENT CLUSTER .
Remove front speaker carrier . See 65 13 065 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING FRONT SPEAKER CARRIER (INSTRUMENT PANEL) .
Remove Car Communication Computer . See 65 83 010 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING CAR COMMUNICATION COMPUTER .
Remove Central Information Display . See 65 50 057 REMOVING AND INSTALLING REPLACING CENTRAL INFORMATION DISPLAY (CID) .
Remove right fresh-air grille . See 64 22 135 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING LEFT/RIGHT FRESH-AIR GRILLE .
Remove trim for instrument panel, bottom left . See 51 45 181 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING BOTTOM RIGHT TRIM FOR INSTRUMENT PANEL .
If necessary, remove trim for head-up display . See 62 30 005 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING TRIM FOR HEAD-UP DISPLAY .

Release screw (1).

Fig 1: Identifying Screw

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Release screws (1).

Fig 2: Identifying Screw

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Disconnect plug connection (1) for passenger airbag.

Release screws (2).

Fig 3: Identifying Plug Connection And Screws

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Release screws (1).

Fig 4: Identifying Screws

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Unclip plate (1).

Fig 5: Identifying Plate

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Release screw (1).

Fig 6: Identifying Screw

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Disconnect plug connection (1).

Fig 7: Identifying Plug Connection

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Release screw (1).

Fig 8: Identifying Screw

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Release screws (1).

Feed out instrument panel trim towards rear and remove.

Fig 9: Identifying Screw

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Installation:

Make sure guides (1) of instrument panel trim are correctly seated in relevant mountings (2).

Fig 10: Identifying Guides Of Instrument Panel Trim

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