Housing-HVAC Assembly

WARNING: Refer to the applicable warnings and cautions for this system before performing the following operation. See Heating and Air Conditioning/Plumbing - Warning and Heating and Air Conditioning/Plumbing - Caution . Failure to follow the warnings and cautions could result in possible personal injury or death.

WARNING: On vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the airbag system before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the negative battery (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the airbag system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the airbag system. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment and possible personal injury or death.

NOTE: The HVAC housing must be removed from the vehicle and disassembled for service of the A/C evaporator.

NOTE: LHD model shown in illustrations. RHD model similar.

Fig 1: Housing-HVAC-Exterior Removal & Installation

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Recover the refrigerant from the refrigerant system. See Heating and Air Conditioning/Plumbing - Standard Procedure .
Drain the engine cooling system. Refer to Cooling - Standard Procedure .
Disconnect and isolate the negative battery cable.
Remove the fresh air inlet housing from the dash panel. See Heating and Air Conditioning/Distribution/HOUSING, HVAC - Removal .
Disconnect the A/C liquid line and the A/C suction line from the A/C evaporator. See Heating and Air Conditioning/Plumbing/LINE, A/C Liquid - Removal .
Disconnect the heater hoses from the heater core tubes.
Remove the three nuts (1 and 3) that secure the HVAC housing to the engine compartment side of the dash panel (2).

Fig 2: Housing-HVAC-Interior Removal & Installation
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Remove the instrument panel from the passenger compartment. Refer to Body/Instrument Panel/PANEL, Instrument - Removal .
Disconnect the floor console duct. See Heating and Air Conditioning/Distribution/DUCT, Floor Console - Removal .
Disconnect the rear floor distribution ducts. See Heating and Air Conditioning/Distribution/DUCT, Floor Distribution - Removal .
Remove the defroster ducts. See Heating and Air Conditioning/Distribution/DUCT, Defroster - Removal .
Remove the two nuts (1) that secure the HVAC housing (2) to the passenger compartment side of the dash panel (5).
Pull the HVAC housing assembly rearward so that the mounting studs clear the dash panel.
Lift the HVAC housing assembly upwards so that the condensate drain tube clears the grommet (4) in the floor panel (3) and remove the HVAC housing assembly from the passenger compartment.
If required, disassemble the HVAC housing assembly. See Heating and Air Conditioning/Distribution/HOUSING, HVAC - Disassembly .