Removing Dashboard Support
- 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- .
- Guide electric connections through the insulating mat.
- Place insulating mat up over the dashboard support and secure it.
- Unscrew and remove fastening screws -1- on the cable duct at the driver's side.
- Unscrew and remove fastening screws -1- on the cable duct at the passenger's side.
- Unscrew and remove fastening screws -1- on the cable duct at the driver's side from the footwell.
- Unclip retaining clips -1- on the cable duct -arrow A- .
- Remove cable duct from the bracket -arrow B- .
- Press cable duct over the steering column out of the guide -arrow-
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Information
Due to the large number of cable attachments, not all cable attachments can be described and illustrated.
- Unclip the wire harness along the dashboard support -arrow- .
- Cut tie-wraps used to secure the wire harness to the dashboard support.
- Screw off fastening nut -1- and remove ground cable.
- Screw off fastening nut -1- at the passenger's side and remove ground cable.
- Pull sound absorber at the window frame towards the passenger compartment -arrow- .
- Unscrew and remove fastening screws -1- .
- Unscrew fastening screws -1 and 2- on the holder at the center tunnel and remove holder.
- Unscrew fastening nuts -1- on heating/fresh-air unit.
- 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- ).
- Unscrew fastening screws -1- at the left and right.
- Loosen dashboard support -1- from the wire harness -2- .
- Guide dashboard support -1- out of the wire harness and remove it at the driver's side -arrow A- .