Table of contents: Removal ↓ Installation ↓
Removal
Fig. 16–61. Instrument panel: 1 – nut, 6 Nm; 2 – ABS/EDL control unit; 3 – bolt, 1.5 Nm; 4 – ventilation grille; 5 – instrument panel; 6 – bolt, 45 Nm; 7 – gasket; 8 – nut; 9 – Front pillar bracket; 10 – base of the instrument panel; 11 – nut, 10 Nm; 12 – bolts, 10 Nm; 13 – Instrument panel bracket; 14 – bolt, 22 Nm; 15 – bolt, 7 Nm; 16 – bracket; 17 – nut; 18 – air duct; 19 – Instrument panel support bracket; 20, 21 – bolts, 22 Nm; 22 – screws, 2.5 Nm, 23 – lower steering column trim
Cover the driver and front passenger seats with a blanket.
Turn on the ignition.
On vehicles with power seats, move them all the way back.
Set the steering wheel to move straight ahead.
Close the air vent flaps by pressing the "Def" button on the air conditioner control panel.
Before disconnecting the battery, find out if you have a radio activation code.
Turn off the ignition and disconnect the ground wire from the battery.
Remove the screws and remove the lower trim panel with the storage shelf on the driver's side.
Remove the screws and the ventilation grille in the driver's footwell.
Disconnect the electrical connector from the driver's footwell light and remove the light.
Take it off glove box.
Remove the front door sill trims.
Remove the center console.
Remove the steering wheel.
Remove the plugs located under the instrument cluster by pressing them towards the center.
Fig. 16–62. Unscrewing the instrument cluster mounting bolt
Remove the two bolts and remove the instrument cluster (Fig. 16–62).
Disconnect the electrical connectors from the rear of the instrument cluster.
On models with electric steering column adjustment, disconnect the electrical connector from the steering column adjustment switch. Unscrew the mounting bolts of the switch and remove it.
Remove the self-return ring with the electrical connector and slip ring.
Fig. 16–63. Steering column switch mounting elements: 1 – left steering column switch; 2 – screw;
3 – clamping bolt; 4 – Right steering column switch
Unscrew the upper screw 2 (Fig. 16–63) securing the steering column switch housing.
Remove the right steering column switch 4 together with the wires connected to it.
Loosen clamp bolt 3 and remove left steering column switch 1.
Disconnect the electrical connectors from the switches.
Fig. 16–64. Location of screw (1) with washer (2) for fastening lower cover (3) of steering column
Loosen screws 1 and remove lower cover 3 of the steering column (Fig. 16–64).
On vehicles with an automatic transmission, disconnect the cable from the selector lever lock, turn the key in the ignition switch and remove the cable.
Loosen the steering column mounting bolts and lower the steering column. Do not pull the steering column toward you or loosen the universal joint mounting nut.
Unscrew the ABS/EDL control unit from the base of the instrument panel.
If present, separate the auxiliary relay from the base of the instrument panel.
Fig. 16–65. Location of screws (1, 3) for fastening the instrument panel support bracket (2)
Unscrew screws 1 and 3 (Fig. 16–65) and remove instrument panel support bracket 2 from the instrument panel base and gearbox tunnel.
Disconnect the electrical connector from the headlight range control.
Remove the passenger side airbag.
Fig. 16–66. Location of bolts (1) for fastening the holder (2) to the pedal bracket and bolts (3) for the lower fastening of the holder
Unscrew bolts 1 (Fig. 16–66) securing holder 2 to the pedal bracket.
Fig. 16–67. Fastening the instrument panel to the front pillar bracket: 1 – bolt; 2 – gasket; 3 – nut
Unscrew the bolts securing the instrument panel to the brackets of the left and right front pillars (Fig. 16–67).
Fig. 16–68. Disconnecting the air duct from the air distributor housing
Disconnect the air ducts from the left and right sides of the air distributor housing (Fig. 16–68).
Pull the instrument panel back and remove it. Perform the operation with an assistant.
Installation
Install the instrument panel into the vehicle.
Check and, if necessary, adjust the instrument panel height by selecting spacer 2 (see Fig. 16–67) of the required thickness. The instrument panel should be positioned at the level of the front door trim.
Screw in the instrument panel mounting bolts to the left and right front pillar brackets (see Fig. 16–67).
Loosen the bolts 3 (see Fig. 16–66) of the lower holder mount so that it can be moved.
Screw in bolts 1 of the holder 2 to the pedal bracket and tighten them to a torque of 22 N·m. Tighten bolts 3 of the lower holder mount to a torque of 10 N·m.
Further installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal.
(This publication is borrowed from the resource AUDIMANUAL.ru)