- screwdriver
- pliers
Disconnect the wire from the "–" terminal of the battery.
1. Remove the seven screws securing the steering column shaft decorative covers.
2. Remove the top cover and...
3....lower casing.
4. Use a screwdriver to press the handle and remove it from the air intake hatch control lever.
5. Remove the handle from the heater control lever in the same way.
6. Carefully pry up with a screwdriver and remove the heater fan switch.
7. Label the wires and corresponding switch contacts.
8. Disconnect the wires from the contacts and remove the switch.
9. Push the wires into the instrument panel through the switch mounting window and connect the switch to the ends of these wires.
10. Carefully pry the exterior lighting switch with a screwdriver, remove it from the panel and disconnect the wiring harness from it.
11. Push the wiring harness into the instrument panel window and connect the switch to the harness, (to avoid marking the switch and circuit breaker pads).
12. Carefully pry up the air damper cover indicator lamp holder from the instrument panel using a screwdriver and remove it.
13. Remove the bulb holder from the holder. Push the bulb holder into the instrument panel window and...
14....put the holder on the socket with the lamp.
15. Remove the rear fog light switch, rear door glass heater switch and rear window wiper/washer switch (see operations 10 and 11). Disconnect the connector from the hazard warning switch.
16. Remove the instrument cluster (see subsection 8.6.1.).
17. Unscrew the two screws securing the heater control panel, push it into the instrument panel. The heater control panel will remain hanging on the rods.
18. Carefully pry it up with a screwdriver and...
19....remove the right deflector from the instrument panel.
20. Remove the screw securing the top instrument panel (under the right deflector).
21. Remove the two instrument panel mounting screws (in the niche under the instrument cluster and above the steering column). The instrument panel mounting screw, located above the steering column, is longer.
22. Remove the two instrument panel mounting screws (bottom left under the panel) and...
23....two screws on the bottom right under the instrument panel.
24. Lift the instrument panel and unscrew the ignition relay mounting screw. Remove the relay from the instrument panel.
25. Disconnect the relay (if necessary) from the block with wires.
26. Remove the instrument panel from the vehicle.
27. Remove the air duct from the heater (if necessary).
28. To remove the hazard warning switch, press the spring clips on its housing with a screwdriver and...
29....remove the switch from the instrument panel.
30. To replace the left deflector, carefully pry it up with a screwdriver and remove it from the hole in the instrument panel.
31. If necessary (for replacement) remove the air duct and deflector seals.
32. Assemble the instrument panel and install it on the vehicle in the reverse order of removal.