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Instrument Cluster Replacement





WARNING: On vehicles equipped with airbags, refer to Airbag Systems Safety Information and Procedures. Before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment and possible personal injury. Service Precautions

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Remove the cluster bezel from the instrument panel. Instrument Cluster Bezel Replacement

Instrument Cluster Remove/Install:






3. Remove the four screws that secure the instrument cluster to the instrument panel.
4. Pull the instrument cluster rearward far enough to disengage the two self-docking instrument panel wire harness connectors from the connector receptacles on the back of the cluster housing, Do not pull on the instrument cluster by the lens or mask sections, or the cluster components may become separated.
5. Remove the instrument cluster from the instrument panel.

INSTALLATION
1. Position the instrument cluster to the instrument panel.
2. Align the instrument cluster with the cluster opening in the instrument panel and push the cluster firmly and evenly into place. The instrument panel has two self-locking wire harness connectors that will be automatically aligned with, and connected to the cluster connector receptacles when the cluster is installed in the instrument panel.
3. Install and tighten the four screws that secure the instrument cluster to the instrument panel. Tighten the screws to 2.2 Nm (20 in. lbs.).
4. Install the cluster bezel onto the instrument panel. Instrument Cluster Bezel Replacement

5. Reconnect the battery negative cable.