Upper Steering Column Trim Panel, Removing And Installing: Removing
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2023 Volkswagen Atlas. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
-- Release the steering wheel adjustment lever.
-- Pull out the steering wheel completely, push it downward and lock it.
-- Loosen the instrument cluster gap cover off the mounts on the instrument cluster using the Trim Removal Wedge:3409 -A arrows-.
-- Loosen the upper steering column trim panel -1- off the lower steering column trim panel mounts -arrow B- and -arrow C-. To do so, turn the steering wheel accordingly.
-- Disengage the upper steering column trim panel from the lower steering column trim panel and remove it together with the instrument cluster gap cover.