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Removing Dashboard Support

Fig 1: Dashboard Support Component Location
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  1. Remove bracket for fuse box at the left and right.

    Swivel the holder -1-  out of the guide -arrow A-  .

    Pull guide pins -2-  out of the guide -arrow B-  .

    Fig 2: Removing Fuse Box Bracket
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  2. Guide electric connections through the insulating mat.
  3. Place insulating mat up over the dashboard support and secure it.
  4. Unscrew and remove fastening screws -1-  on the cable duct at the driver's side.
    Fig 3: Removing Cable Duct On Driver's Side
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  5. Unscrew and remove fastening screws -1-  on the cable duct at the passenger's side.
    Fig 4: Removing Cable Duct On Passenger's Side
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  6. Unscrew and remove fastening screws -1-  on the cable duct at the driver's side from the footwell.
    Fig 5: Removing Cable Duct On Driver's Side From Footwell
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  7. Unclip retaining clips -1-  on the cable duct -arrow A-  .
  8. Remove cable duct from the bracket -arrow B-  .
    Fig 6: Removing Cable Duct
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  9. Press cable duct over the steering column out of the guide -arrow-  .
    Fig 7: Removing Complete Cable Duct
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    Information 

    Due to the large number of cable attachments, not all cable attachments can be described and illustrated.

  10. Unclip the wire harness along the dashboard support -arrow-  .
    Fig 8: Removing Wire Harness
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  11. Cut tie-wraps used to secure the wire harness to the dashboard support.
  12. Screw off fastening nut -1-  and remove ground cable.
    Fig 9: Removing Ground Pins Nuts (Driver's Side)
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  13. Screw off fastening nut -1-  at the passenger's side and remove ground cable.
    Fig 10: Removing Ground Pins Nuts (Passenger's Side)
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  14. Pull sound absorber at the window frame towards the passenger compartment -arrow-  .
    Fig 11: Removing Window Frame
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  15. Unscrew and remove fastening screws -1-  .
  16. Unscrew fastening screws -1 and 2-  on the holder at the center tunnel and remove holder.
    Fig 12: Removing Center Tunnel Holder Screws
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  17. Unscrew fastening nuts -1-  on heating/fresh-air unit.
    Fig 13: Installing Nuts For Heating/Fresh-Air Unit
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  18. Mark the position of the fastening screws at the left and right.

    Mark the position of the fastening screws at the left and right -1-  before removal (using a felt-tip pen around the washer -2-  ).

    Fig 14: Securing Support To Body
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  19. Unscrew fastening screws -1-  at the left and right.
  20. Loosen dashboard support -1-  from the wire harness -2-  .
  21. Guide dashboard support -1-  out of the wire harness and remove it at the driver's side -arrow A-  .
    Fig 15: Loosening Dashboard Support
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