USB/IPOD Music Interface: Removal
- Open the glovebox.
Carefully bend loose the back of the center console with a plastic weatherstrip tool. It is secured by a lock catch on each long side.
- Pull the panel downwards.
- Remove the surround around the display and media player:
Use a small screwdriver and press in the catches at one of the surround's upper corners. Carefully prize the surround away on one side using a plastic weatherstrip tool.
- Repeat the procedure for the other side and then fold the surround backwards into the vehicle. Pull the surround up until it detaches.
HINT: If there is difficulty removing the surround, press the panel back into place on both sides and start the removal procedure again. Start from the opposite side to before.
- Press out the display module from the back of the center console's panel. Press straight backwards, use both hands.
- Disconnect the two connectors. Put the display to one side.
- Remove the storage compartment.
- Remove the bottom cover.
- Remove the two screws.
- Carefully bend loose and remove the hand brake lever's panel.
- Remove the two screws along the front edge of the tunnel console.
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- Carefully pull up the lock catch with special tool no. 9995919 . At the same time, slide the whole tunnel console backwards so that the two rear screws in the center console's panel can be accessed.
Applies to cars with manual gearbox
- Remove the gear selector lever boot from the center console. First pry it off at the front edge using a weatherstrip tool and then unhook it at the rear edge.
- Remove the two screws.
- Remove the two screws holding the center console's panel to the dashboard.
- Remove the connector on the reverse of the dashboard environment panel.
- Remove the panel from the dashboard and tunnel console.
- Remove the two clips securing the cables to the media player by first pressing them to the sides and then pulling them away downwards.
NOTE:
Make sure that the optic cables are not bent or stretched. They may not be bent with a radius less than 25 mm (1").
- Remove the two screws from the bottom of the media player.
- Pull out the media player and detach the connectors on the rear side.
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- Lift up the tunnel console and pull it backwards.
- Unplug the big grey connectors at the leading edge from each other.
- Lift out the center console.
- Unplug the connector of the 12V socket.
- Carefully bend loose the tunnel console's rear panel using a weatherstrip tool.