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Trim Over Glove Compartment






Instrument Panel

Trim over Glove Compartment

Removing





- Switch off ignition and remove ignition key.

- Turn knurled wheel - 3 - for left air vent above glove compartment completely upward.

- Insert one watchmaker's screwdriver each - 1 - into air vent retaining clamps above the lower ventilation fin - 2 -.

- Pull air vent alternating on left and right side out of the installation opening, watchmaker's screwdrivers must remain inserted while doing this.

Pull air vent out of installation opening using Hook (3438) if necessary.

- Disconnect electrical harness connector at air vent.

- Repeat procedure at right air vent, above glove compartment.

- Open coin tray.





- Slide coin tray panel toward the left out of catch - arrow - and remove.

- Open glove compartment.





- Carefully disengage decorative panel - 1 - with switch strip - starting above the glove compartment - from instrument panel using trim removal wedge (3409).

- Pull off decorative panel with switch strip in - direction of arrow -.

Be especially careful when releasing clip on the driver's side end of decorative panel.

- Disconnect electrical connector.

- Remove the coin tray.

- Remove bolts - arrows -.





- Remove panel - 1 - above glove compartment.

Installing





Installation is reverse of removal, noting the following:

- When inserting decorative panel - 1 - with switch strip, make sure that both catches in panel center are inserted between instrument panel and screen housing - arrows -.

Tightening torque:

Panel above glove compartment to instrument panel: 2.5 Nm