Instrument Cluster - Removal

REMOVAL

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with air bags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, 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 SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.

CLUSTER ASSEMBLY





1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Remove the cluster bezel from the instrument panel. Instrument Cluster Bezel - Removal.
3. Remove the two screws (2) that secure the instrument cluster (1) to the instrument panel structural support (3).





4. Pull the instrument cluster rearward far enough to access and disconnect the three instrument panel wire harness connectors (2) from the connector receptacles (1) on the back of the cluster housing.
5. Remove the instrument cluster from the instrument panel.

CLUSTER LENS





1. Remove the instrument cluster (1) from the instrument panel. 1
2. Working around the perimeter of the instrument cluster (3), release the clips that secure the instrument cluster hood and lens unit (2) to the housing and remove the hood and lens.