Removal and Installation: Removal
- Remove console upper finisher.
- Open the console lid.
- Remove console upper finisher (1) fixing pawls with remover tool (A).
- Pull back console upper finisher.
- Remove console finisher assembly.
- Remove selector lever knob. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove console finisher assembly (1) fixing clips with remover tool (A).
- Pull up console finisher assembly.
- Disconnect harness connector.
- Remove console switch finisher.
- Remove console switch finisher (1) fixing screws (A).
- Pull up console switch finisher.
- Disconnect harness connectors.
- Remove console pocket assembly.
- Pull back console pocket assembly (1), and disengage clips.
- Disconnect harness connector.
- Remove console rear finisher.
- Put front seat to frontmost position.
- Pull back the console rear finisher (1) with remover tool (A).
- Disconnect harness connectors.
- Remove rear ventilator duct. Refer to "REAR VENTILATOR DUCT 1: REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove center console assembly.
- Disconnect USB connector harness connector. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Disconnect console power socket harness connector. Refer to "CONSOLE POWER SOCKET: REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove center console assembly fixing screws (A).
- Remove center console fixing screws (A).
- Put front seat to rearmost position.
- Pull back and lift up center console assembly (1).
- Remove instrument lower cover LH (FX50 only).
- Remove instrument lower cover LH (1) fixing clips (A) and plastic nuts (B).
- Pull back instrument lower cover LH.
- Remove instrument lower panel LH.
- Remove hood opener lever mounting bolts.
- Pull back instrument lower panel LH (1).
- Remove skirt clips of steering column lower cover (2).
- Release data link connector (pawl) then remove it from instrument lower panel LH.
- Disconnect harness connectors and aspirator duct.
- Remove front body side welt LH. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove instrument side finisher LH.
Pull back instrument side finisher LH (1).
- Remove instrument finisher A.
- Insert remover tool (A) between instrument finisher A and instrument panel assembly to disengage the pawls as shown in the figure below.
- Pull back instrument finisher A.
- Remove front pillar garnish LH. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove speaker grille LH.
- Remove speaker grille LH (1) fixing pawls with remover tool (A).
- Pull up and back speaker grille LH (1).
- Remove front squawker LH. Refer to "EXPLODED VIEW ".
- Remove steering wheel. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove steering column covers.
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- Remove steering column mask (1) and then remove steering column cover fixing screws.
- Remove skirt clips and pawls of cluster lid A (6).
- Pull up steering column upper cover (2), and then remove steering column upper cover.
- Remove steering column side cover RH (3) fixing pawls and then remove steering column side cover RH. (with PADDLE SHIFTER)
- Pull the steering column side cover LH (4) to the left side. (with PADDLE SHIFTER)
- Disconnect ADP steering switch connector. (with ADP)
- Remove steering column lower cover (5) fixing screws.
- Pull down steering column lower cover and then remove steering column lower cover.
- Remove combination switch. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove paddle switch LH/RH (with PADDLE SHIFTER). Refer to "EXPLODED VIEW ".
- Remove cluster lid A.
- Pull back cluster lid A (1), and disengage pawls.
- Remove cluster lid A.
- Remove combination meter. Refer to "EXPLODED VIEW ".
- Remove center speaker grille.
- Disengage center speaker grille (1) fixing clips and pawls with remover tool (A).
- Pull up center speaker grille.
- Remove center speaker. Refer to "EXPLODED VIEW ".
- Remove inside key antenna. Refer to "INSTRUMENT CENTER: REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove cluster lid C.
- Remove cluster lid C (1) fixing screws (A).
- Pull down and back cluster lid C.
- Disconnect harness connectors.
- Remove cluster lid D.
- Remove cluster lid D (1) fixing screws (A).
- Pull back cluster lid D.
- Disconnect harness connectors.
- Remove front display unit. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove AV control unit. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove push button ignition switch. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove front defroster grille LH. Refer to "FRONT DEFROSTER GRILLE: REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove front defroster grille RH. Refer to "FRONT DEFROSTER GRILLE: REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove glove box assembly.
- Open the glove box.
- Pull back glove box assembly (1).
- Remove damper pin (1) of left side.
- Remove instrument lower cover RH.
- Pull downward, disengage pawls.
- Pull back instrument lower cover RH (1).
- Disconnect illumination lamp harness connector.
- Remove instrument lower panel RH.
- Remove instrument lower panel RH (1) fixing screws (A).
- Pull back instrument lower panel RH.
- Disconnect glove box lamp harness connector.
- Remove front body side welt RH. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove instrument side finisher RH.
- Insert a remover tool into lower space.
- Pull the instrument side finisher RH (1) crosswise.
- Remove front pillar garnish RH. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Remove speaker grille RH.
- Remove speaker grille RH (1) fixing pawls with remover tool (A).
- Pull up and back speaker grille RH (1).
- Remove front squawker RH. Refer to "EXPLODED VIEW ".
- Remove instrument panel assembly.
- Disconnect harness connector (A).
- Remove instrument harness (1) fixing clip (B).
- Disconnect trip A/B reset switch (1) harness connector (A). Refer to "EXPLODED VIEW ".
- Disconnect passenger air bag module connector. Refer to "EXPLODED VIEW ".
- Remove passenger air bag module mounting bolt. Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Disconnect antenna connectors (A).
- Remove harness clips (B).
- Remove instrument panel assembly mounting bolts (A), screws (B) and clips (C).
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CAUTION: Cover tool with a shop cloth to prevent windshield glass being damaged. - Remove instrument panel assembly from passenger door opening portion.CAUTION:
- Cover center console upper surface with a shop cloth to prevent it from being damaged.
- When removing instrument panel assembly, 2 workers are required so as to prevent it from dropping.
- Remove the following parts after removing instrument panel assembly.
- Passenger air bag module: Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Side ventilator grille LH/RH: Refer to "SIDE VENTILATOR GRILLE: REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Ventilator duct LH/RH: Refer to "VENTILATOR DUCT: REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Adaptor duct: Refer to "ADAPTOR DUCT: REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Defroster nozzle: Refer to "DEFROSTER NOZZLE: REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Side defroster nozzle LH/RH: Refer to "SIDE DEFROSTER NOZZLE: REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".
- Antenna feeder: Refer to "FEEDER LAYOUT ".
- GPS antenna: Refer to "EXPLODED VIEW ".
- Trip A/B reset switch: Refer to "REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION ".