Dashboard / Instrument Panel: Service and Repair

INSTRUMENT PANEL

Part 1:

Part 2:

Removal and Installation
1. Depower the supplemental restraint system (SRS).
2. Remove the 2 screws, position the parking brake release assembly aside and remove the steering column cover reinforcement.
3. Remove the 5 screws and the steering column reinforcement.
- To install, tighten to 9 Nm (80 lb-in).

4. From under the hood, loosen the bolt and disconnect the LH bulkhead connector.
- To install, tighten to 5 Nm (44 lb-in).







5. Release the LH bulkhead connector from the dash panel.
6. Open the glove compartment. Disconnect the glove compartment isolator.
7. While pushing in on the 2 glove compartment door tabs, position the glove compartment downward.
8. Remove the instrument panel support brace bolt through the glove compartment opening.
- Close the glove compartment door.
- To install, tighten to 9 Nm (80 lb-in).

9. Remove the RH instrument panel lower insulator.
10. Position the LH and RH door weatherstrip seals aside.
11. Remove the LH and RH A-pillar lower trim panels.
12. Remove the LH and RH A-pillar trim panels.
13. Remove the RH ground bolt.
- To install, tighten to 3 Nm (27 lb-in).

14. Disconnect the 4 RH instrument panel wiring harness electrical connectors.
15. Remove the LH ground bolt.
- To install, tighten to 3 Nm (27 lb-in).

16. Disconnect the 2 LH instrument panel wiring harness connectors.
17. Disconnect the parking brake release vacuum connector.
18. Disconnect the vacuum connector.







19. Remove the nut and position the steering column brace aside.
- To install, tighten to 28 Nm (21 lb-ft).

20. Remove and discard the intermediate shaft pinch bolt.
- Separate the intermediate shaft from the steering column shaft.
- To install, tighten to 30 Nm (22 lb-ft).

21. Disconnect the selector lever cable from the steering column shift tube lever and the steering column bracket.
22. Remove the pin-type retainer and the tunnel brace trim cover.
23. Remove the 4 nuts and the instrument panel tunnel brace.
- To install, tighten to 15 Nm (133 lb-in).

24. Remove the instrument panel defroster opening grille.
- Disconnect the electrical connector.

25. Remove the instrument panel cowl top bracket bolt.
- To install, tighten to 9 Nm (80 lb-in).

26. Remove the 3 instrument panel cowl top bracket bolts.
- To install, tighten to 3 Nm (27 lb-in).

27. Remove the RH instrument panel cowl side nut.
- To install, tighten to 12 Nm (106 lb-in).

28. Remove the upper LH instrument panel cowl side nut.
- To install, tighten to 40 Nm (30 lb-ft).

29. Remove the lower LH instrument panel cowl side bolt.
- To install, tighten to 55 Nm (41 lb-ft).

30. NOTE: Removing the instrument panel from the vehicle requires an assistant.

Remove the instrument panel from the vehicle.

31. To install, reverse the removal procedure.