Dashboard / Instrument Panel: Service and Repair
REMOVAL
WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, on vehicles equipped with air bags, disable the supplemental restraint system before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, occupant classification system, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the supplemental restraint system. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.
WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, never strike or drop the occupant restraint controller, as it can damage the impact sensor or affect its calibration. The occupant restraint controller contains the impact sensor, which enables the system to deploy the supplemental restraints. If an airbag control module is accidentally dropped during service, the module must be scrapped and replaced with a new unit. Failure to observe this warning could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper supplemental restraint deployment.
CAUTION: On vehicles equipped with the Occupant Classification System (OCS), never replace both the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) and the Occupant Classification Module (0CM) at the same time. If both require replacement, replace one. Then perform the supplemental restraint verification test before replacing the other. Both the ORC and the 0CM store OCS calibration data, which they transfer to one another when one of them is replaced. If both are replaced at the same time, an irreversible fault will be set in both modules.
1. Before proceeding with the following repair procedure, review all warnings and cautions.
2. Disconnect and isolate negative battery cable.
3. Raise and support the vehicle.
4. Disconnect the steering column from the steering coupling.
5. Lower the vehicle.
6. Remove steering column as necessary. Service and Repair
7. Remove the left and right side instrument panel silencers.
8. Remove the screws (2 and 6) that secure the steering column cover (1) to the instrument panel.
9. Disconnect the wire harness connector (3) from the trunk release switch.
10. Disconnect the hood release cable (4) from the hood release handle (5) and remove the steering column cover from the vehicle.
11. Remove the screws (3) that secure the instrument panel steering column cover reinforcement (1) to the bracket (2) and remove the reinforcement from the vehicle.
12. Disconnect the body wire harness connectors (1 and 3) from the instrument panel wire harness connectors.
13. Disconnect the body wire harness connectors (2 and 4) from the transmission control module.
14. Remove the center floor console.
15. Remove the ash receiver from the instrument panel.
16. Disconnect the instrument panel wire harness connector (1) from the occupant restraint controller (ORC) module.
17. Disconnect the antenna coax (1) from the instrument panel coax extension.
18. Disconnect the wire harness connectors (2, 4, 5 and 6) from the instrument panel wire harness connectors (3).
19. Remove the A-pillar trim panels.
20. Disconnect the wire harness connectors (1 and 2) located on the A-pillars.
21. Remove the end caps from the left and right side of the instrument panel to access the instrument panel side support bolts (1) and remove the bolts.
22. Remove the defroster grille to access the instrument panel top retaining bolts (2) and remove the bolts.
23. Remove the bolts (3) that secure the bottom of the instrument panel.
24. Lift the instrument panel assembly (2) off of the supports (1 and 5). Guide the steering column end (4) through the opening in the dash panel (3) and remove the instrument panel through the passenger door.
25. If required, remove the spring nuts (1) from the dash panel.
INSTALLATION
WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, on vehicles equipped with air bags, disable the supplemental restraint system before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, occupant classification system, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the supplemental restraint system. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.
WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, never strike or drop the occupant restraint controller, as it can damage the impact sensor or affect its calibration. The occupant restraint controller contains the impact sensor, which enables the system to deploy the supplemental restraints. If an airbag control module is accidentally dropped during service, the module must be scrapped and replaced with a new unit. Failure to observe this warning could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper supplemental restraint deployment.
CAUTION: On vehicles equipped with the Occupant Classification System (OCS), never replace both the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) and the Occupant Classification Module (0CM) at the same time. If both require replacement, replace one. Then perform the supplemental restraint verification test before replacing the other. Both the ORC and the 0CM store OCS calibration data, which they transfer to one another when one of them is replaced. If both are replaced at the same time, an irreversible fault will be set in both modules.
1. Before proceeding with the following repair procedure, review all warnings and cautions.
2. If required, install new spring nuts (1) into the dash panel.
3. Position the instrument panel assembly (3) into the vehicle through the drivers side door. Guide the steering column end (4) through the opening in the dash panel (3) and install the instrument panel onto the supports (1 and 5).
4. Loosely install all the bolts that secure the instrument panel to the body. Then tighten the bolts in the following order:
- Top of instrument panel (2) to 8 Nm (70 in. lbs.).
- Side support bolts (1) to 27 Nm (20 ft. lbs.).
- Bottom of instrument panel (3) to 6 Nm (55 in. lbs.).
5. Install the end caps to the left and right side of the instrument panel.
6. Install the defroster grille to the top of the instrument panel.
7. Connect the wire harness connectors (1 and 2) located on the A-pillars.
8. Install the A-pillar trim panels.
9. Connect the wire harness connectors (2, 4, 5 and 6) to the instrument panel wire harness connector(3).
10. Connect the antenna coax (1) to the instrument panel coax extension.
11. Connect the instrument panel wire harness connector (1) to the occupant restraint controller (ORC) module.
12. Install the ash receiver into the instrument panel.
13. Install the center floor console .
14. Connect the body wire harness connectors (2 and 4) to the transmission control module.
15. Connect the body wire harness connectors (1 and 3) to the instrument panel wire harness connectors.
16. Install steering column as necessary. Service and Repair
17. Position the instrument panel steering column cover reinforcement (1) onto the bracket (2).
18. Install the screws (3) that secure the instrument panel steering column cover reinforcement to the bracket. Tighten the screws securely.
19. Position the steering column cover (1) into the vehicle.
20. Connect the hood release cable (4) to the hood release handle (5).
21. Connect the wire harness connector (3) to the trunk release switch.
22. Install the screws (2 and 6) that secure the steering column cover (1) to the instrument panel. Tighten the screws securely.
23. Install the left and right side instrument panel silencers.
24. Raise and support the vehicle.
25. Connect the steering column to the steering coupling.
26. Lower the vehicle.
CAUTION:Do not reconnect the negative battery cable at this time. The supplemental restraint system verification test procedure should be performed following service of any supplemental restraint system component.
27. Perform the supplemental restraint system verification test.