Removing Ventilation Guide

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Some of the repair illustrations show only one side of the vehicle.
Naturally, some steps also have to be performed on the opposite side of the vehicle as well.

Fig 1: Identifying Ventilation Guide Position

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Keep the ventilation guide -7- tensioned towards the rear and release locking lugs in the sequence -1 to 6- .

Fig 2: Loosening Ventilation Guide From Front Air Grille
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Press locking lugs up using a plastic wedge -a- and pull ventilation guide -1- to the rear and out of the air grille -2- .

Fig 3: Removing Ventilation Guide
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