Contents: Removal 🠛 Installation 🠛
Before you begin removing the instrument panel, mark the electrical wiring connectors to be disconnected. When reassembling, the harnesses must be threaded through the previous through-holes!
Removal
1. Remove the battery (see Chapter Engine electrical equipment).
2. Remove the front seats (see section Removal and installation seats), then remove the spacer bushings of the supports of their fastening (refer to the accompanying illustration).
3. Remove the steering column (see Chapter Suspension and steering).
4. Remove the center console (see section Removal and installation the center console).
5. Acting in accordance with the instructions given in Chapter On-board electrical equipment, remove the following components:
- a) Driver's switch panel;
- b) Instrument panel;
- c) Cigarette lighter;
- d) Multifunctional display;
- e) Windscreen wiper arms.
6. Remove the heater control panel (see Chapter Cooling and heating system).
7a. Remove the lower clips then release the upper ones.
7b. Remove the center console trim from the instrument panel base.
7c. Then release the clamps.
7d. Remove the heater duct located below (refer to the illustrations).
8. Remove the sealing strip from the top edge of the engine compartment bulkhead.
9. Remove the mounting screws, then release the clips and remove the interior ventilation diffuser located at the base of the windshield.
10a. Release the fuse/relay panel clips.
10b. On the left side of the engine compartment, remove the fuse/relay box cover, then remove the front panel from the box housing of the box.
10c. Disconnect the main engine harness wiring harness connectors.
10d. Give away the fasteners (screws and fasteners) and remove the front and rear sections of the left front wheel arch liner.
10e. Release the side turn signal repeater bulb socket from the wing.
10f. Then release its wiring from the intermediate clips so that it can be easily pulled into the car's interior (refer to the illustrations). If you need to expand the working space, jack up the front of the car and place it on supports, then remove the left front wheel.
11. On the right side of the engine compartment, release the large fuses from their fastening clips. Disconnect the electrical wiring from the heater fan motor and release it from the intermediate fasteners so that the wires can be pulled into the passenger compartment without obstruction.
Comment: The last condition is not mandatory for all models. In some cases, the harness is connected to the instrument panel and can be left in place.
12. Separate the door frame sealing strips from the A-pillar trim panels (move from top to bottom). Remove both panels (refer to the accompanying illustration).
13. On Hatchback models, remove the left and right pillar trim panels (see section Removal and installation seat belt components). On Coupe models, remove the rear seat cushion (see section Removal and installation seats), then remove the left and right lower sections of the seat side trim panels (see section Removal and installation seat belt components).
14a. On all models, loosen the mounting screws and remove the pillar/sill trim panels from both front doors (see section Removal and installation seat belt components).
14b. Remove the screws and disconnect the ground busbars from the left and right sills, then release and disconnect the instrument panel wiring connectors from the clips (refer to the illustrations).
15a. Release the fastening clips and disconnect the left and right front door electrical wiring connectors.
15b. Remove the clips from the connectors completely, then loosen the screws and release the connectors from the stands (refer to the illustrations).
16a. Referring to the wiring diagrams (see section Front seat belt tensioner system - general information), release the clips and disconnect the wiring from the SRS control unit.
16b. Release the fastening clips of the front seat wiring harness access covers.
16c. Then release the electrical wiring of both seats from their swivel assemblies.
16d. Lift the carpet and release the left and right wiring harnesses from their intermediate clips so that they can be removed together with the instrument panel (refer to the illustrations).
17a. Remove the bolt securing the ground bus to the left side of the instrument panel center section
17b. Disconnect the antenna cable (refer to the illustrations).
18. Remove the two instrument panel mounting screws located in the opening for installing the heater control panel (refer to the accompanying illustration).
19a. Carefully pry off the decorative covers installed on the left and right lower corners of the instrument panel.
19b. There are fastening nuts under the covers (refer to the illustrations).
20. Remove the upper and lower mounting nuts from both ends of the instrument panel (refer to the accompanying illustration).
21. With the help of an assistant, carefully separate the instrument panel assembly from the engine compartment bulkhead (refer to the accompanying illustration). As access opens, release the wiring harness bushings from the bulkhead, remembering their correct installation positions. Do not forget to release the harnesses from the intermediate clamps.
Installation
1. Installation is carried out in the reverse order. Before screwing on the fastening nuts, check the correctness of the wiring and connection of the electrical wiring, as well as the reliability of the fastening of its contact connectors. Make sure that the bulkhead bushings of all harnesses are seated. Finally, do not forget to connect the battery and check the proper functioning of the electrical equipment.