Installing the microphone
- Mark as shown and drill out the holes for the microphone's mounting plate. Use a 3 mm (1/8") drill bit.
- Remove any shavings.
- Install the mounting plate on the A-post panel using two screws from the kit.WARNING: The inflatable curtain (IC) is located inside the A-post panel. It is important to file off the screws securing the mounting plate if necessary, so that they just fit through the panel.
- Check how much of the screws protrudes on the reverse. Unscrew the screws. File off the screws to the correct length.
- Reinstall the screws.
- Press the microphone from the kit into place on the mounting plate.
- Route the microphone cable on the inside of the A-post panel. Secure the cable using pieces of butyl tape.
- Install a new safety clip in the A pillar panel.NOTE: It is important to use a new safety clip when installing.
- Route the microphone cable so that it protrudes from the end of the dashboard.
- Press the A-pillar panel into place.
- Reinstall the weatherstrip in the door opening.
WARNING:
It is important that the safety clip/hook and panel are correctly installed so that the SRS system is not affected.
- Pull the microphone cable and antenna cable through the dashboard's left-hand end, into the compartment for the combined instrument panel and into the microphone bracket.
- Secure the cables using pieces of butyl tape under the combined instrument panel.
- Reinstall the combined instrument panel. Ensure that the cables from the mounting plate are on the right-hand side at the lower edge of the combined instrument panel. Ensure that the cables are secured.
- Reinstall the panel for the combined instrument panel. Align the mounting plate's cables in the filed cut-out.
- Pull the cable excess in towards the center console.
- Reinstall the rubber seal in the upper steering column cover.
- Reinstall the decor strip on the dashboard.