Dashboard / Instrument Panel: Service and Repair

Exploded View Of Instrument Panel:

REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Disconnect wiring connectors in engine compartment.
3. Remove two bolts retaining hood latch control handle and cable and lower cable and two bolts attaching parking brake release.

Upper Series Console:

4. Remove upper series console, if equipped.
a. Using hand pressure, free four (4) snapping clips attaching console finish panel assembly (message center will be removed with finish panel).
b. Disconnect four (4) electrical connectors to message center.
c. Remove console panel control finish panel by releasing six (6) snapping clips.
d. Disconnect electrical connector (light bulb with blue filter) for console ashtray.
e. Remove screw in main wire connector to disconnect, then pull connectors apart (screw is located in the instrument panel side of connector).
f. Remove two (2) screws attaching console to instrument panel.
g. Remove two (2) screws attaching console to floor pan.
h. Slide console rearward to release rear bracket (front console bracket is money clip shaped and will release as console is slid rearward.
9. Lift console from vehicle.
5. If Ranger, move transfer case control to far forward position.
6. Remove instrument panel steering column cover by removing two (2) screws and pulling on cover to release grasshopper clips.
7. Remove bolt to bracket at right of accelerator pedal.
8. Remove instrument panel steering column reinforcement by removing six (6) screws.
9. Remove TK yoke by removing two (2) nuts from cross vehicle beam.
10. Open fuse panel door, and remove two (2) bolts attaching instrument panel to cowl (A pillar beam).
11. On right side of instrument panel lower, remove one (1) bolt.
12. Remove one (1) threadless fastener and two (2) pushpins attaching insulator to lower right-hand instrument panel.
13. Lift edge of defroster grille, using a flat wooden dowel, then pull up on defroster grille to release clips and tension tabs. Remove defroster grille.
14. Remove four (4) bolts at top of instrument panel.
15. Disconnect all electrical connections at rear of instrument panel.
16. Remove instrument panel.
17. If replacing instrument panel, transfer all components to new instrument panel.
18. For installation, follow removal procedures in reverse order.

NOTE: When the battery has been disconnected and reconnected, some abnormal drive symptoms may occur while the powertrain control module (PCM) relearns its adaptive strategy. The vehicle may need to be driven 16km (10 miles) or more to relearn the strategy.