## Dashboard Center Panel Removal/Installation

NOTE:

- Put on gloves to protect your hands.
- Do not pry the panel surface with a flat-tip screwdriver, to prevent damage.
- Take care not to scratch the dashboard and related parts.

1. | Remove these items: Inner glove box Passenger's dashboard under cover

2. | Remove the screw (A). Detach the clips (B) and release the hooks (C) by pulling the center lower cover (D) down, by hand. Without A/C With A/C

3. | Disconnect the heater control unit connectors (E) (without A/C) or climate control unit connector (F) (with A/C), and release the unit harness (G) from the clamp.

4. | Without A/C: In the inner glove box opening, disconnect the recirculation control cable (A) and the mode control cable (B), and from under the dashboard, disconnect the air mix control cable (C): Take care not to bend any cables. LHD is shown, RHD is symmetrical.

5. | From the glove box and driver's dashboard lower cover openings, loosen the bolts securing the center panel (A).

6. | Using a wrench, carefully insert a wrench from the inner glove box opening, and push a panel clip on the glove box side from back of the center panel (A) to release it. LHD is shown, RHD is symmetrical.

7. | Pull out the center panel (A) to release the clips (B, C), and disconnect the connectors: Without A/C: Heater control switch connector (D) and rear deffoger switch connector (E) Without navigation system: Audio unit connectors (F) and antenna lead (G) With navigation system: Navigation unit connectors (H), GPS antenna connector (I), and antenna lead (J) Without navigation system With navigation system

8. | Detach the harness clips (K) from both center panel brackets (without A/C), then remove the center panel: Take care not to bend any cables. LHD is shown; RHD is symmetrical.

9. | Install the panel in the reverse order of removal, and make sure each connector is plugged in properly, and antenna lead and cables are connected properly.