Removal and Installation: Removal
WARNING:
Before servicing, turn ignition switch OFF, disconnect battery negative terminal and wait for 3 minutes or more.
CAUTION:
When removing, always use a remover tool that is made of plastic.
- Release front pillar portion of front body side welt LH. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove instrument side finisher LH.
- Remove front pillar garnish LH. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove instrument lower panel LH.
- Disconnect hood lock control cable. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove fixing screw
.
- Pull back instrument lower panel LH, and then disengage pawls and metal clips according to the numerical order 1->2 as shown in the illustration.
: Pawl
: Metal clip
CAUTION: Remove the pawls and metal clips slowly so that they are not damaged. - Disengage steering column lower cover apron portion
fixing pawls from instrument lower panel LH
.
: Pawl
- Disconnect harness fixing clips, and then remove harness connectors and aspirator duct.CAUTION: Harness is installed on the back side of instrument lower panel LH using clips
as shown in the illustration. Remove instrument lower panel LH slowly without pulling it strongly.
- Remove center console assembly. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove instrument side panel LH.
- Remove driver air bag module. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove steering wheel. Refer to the followings:
- VEHICLE SPEED SENSITIVE P/S: Refer to Removal and Installation .
- DIRECT ADAPTIVE STEERING: Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove steering column covers.
- Remove steering column masks with a remover tool.
- Remove fixing screws
from steering column upper cover
and steering column lower cover
.
: Pawl
- Disengage fixing pawls of cluster lid A apron portion
and remove steering column upper cover
.
- Pull down steering column lower cover, remove harness connector and then remove steering column lower cover.
- Remove spiral cable. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove combination switch. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove cluster lid A.
- Remove combination meter. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove instrument finisher C and D.
- Remove integral switch.
: Pawl
: Metal clip
- Remove fixing screw
.
- Disengage integral switch pawls and metal clips according to the numerical order 1-> 3 as shown in the illustration above.
- Disconnect harness connectors and remove integral switch.
- Remove fixing screw
- Remove display control unit.
- Remove AV & NAVI control unit.
- Remove fixing screws
.
- Pull back AV & NAVI control unit to remove.
- Disconnect harness connector.
- Remove fixing screws
- Release front pillar portion of front body side welt RH. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove instrument side finisher RH.
- Remove front pillar garnish RH. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove glove box assembly.
- Open glove box assembly approximately 50 mm.
- Pull glove box assembly toward the direction of the arrow as shown in the illustration to disengage joint from instrument lower panel RH.CAUTION: If working in a state that fully opened glove box assembly, parts may be damaged due mating strong. Pull glove box assembly diagonally upward in a state that opened it approximately 50 mm.
- Pull glove box assembly damper string and remove it from glove box assembly
.
CAUTION: Never excessively pull damper string.
- Remove instrument lower cover.
- Remove instrument lower panel RH.
- Remove instrument side panel RH
- Remove front speaker grille.
- Apply protective tape (A) on the part to protect it from damage.
- Disengage front speaker grille fixing metal clips starting from both sides and work toward the center of the front speaker grille as 1->2 as shown in the illustration.
: Metal clip
- Disconnect optical sensor and sunload sensor harness connector.
- Apply protective tape (A) on the part to protect it from damage.
- Remove front squawker LH. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove center squawker. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove front squawker RH. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Disconnect passenger air bag module harness connector. Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Remove passenger air bag module mounting bolt.
- Remove instrument panel assembly.
- Remove instrument panel assembly fixing screws
, mounting bolt
and clip
.
- Disengage harness of front pillar LH and RH portions from instrument panel assembly.
- Remove harness fixing clips and disengage harness from instrument panel assembly.
- Remove instrument panel assembly from passenger door opening portion.CAUTION:
- Cover shift selector upper surface with a shop cloth to prevent it from being damaged.
- When removing instrument panel assembly, 2 workers are required to prevent it from dropping.
- Remove instrument panel assembly fixing screws
- Remove the following parts after removing instrument panel assembly.
- Passenger air bag module: Refer to Removal and Installation .
- Side ventilator grille (LH and RH): Refer to Removal and Installation .