Work in the passenger compartment

Remove the dashboard and the center console. See Dashboard, replacing .

Protect the floor and sills.

Remove: 

• the 4 screws to the left and right of the A-post
• the 2 screws between the door and the A-post. Tighten the screws a little so that they protrude from the member
• the 4 screws to the left and right of the center console.

Detach the steering column / steering shaft but leave it hanging in place. See Steering column, replacing .

• the air ducts from the heater assembly to the floor
• the floor drainage channels on the left and right-hand sides.

Pull the member and the climate control unit backwards a little.

Remove: 

• the tie straps for the cable harness on the driver's side
• the cable duct above the climate control unit on both sides.

• the 2 screws from the member / climate control unit on the passenger side
• the 4 screws securing the climate control unit at the member on the left and right-hand sides
• the switch for the blower fan motor.

• the cable duct behind / above the member mounting on the passenger side
• the cable duct above / behind the mounting for the member
• the T shaped member from the climate control unit.

Hold up the member and the cable duct on the passenger side. Remove the climate control unit on the passenger side.