Instrument Panel - Installation

INSTALLATION

WARNING: Disable the supplemental restraint system before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, Occupant Classification System (OCS), seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS). Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment and serious or fatal injury.

WARNING: Never strike or drop the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC), as it can damage the impact sensor or affect its calibration. The occupant restraint controller contains the impact sensor, which enables the system to deploy the supplemental restraints. If an airbag control module is accidentally dropped during service, the module must be scrapped and replaced with a new unit. Failure to observe this warning could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper supplemental restraint deployment and serious or fatal injury.

CAUTION: On vehicles equipped with the Occupant Classification System (OCS), never replace both the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) and the Occupant Classification Module (OCM) at the same time. If both require replacement, replace one. Then perform the supplemental restraint verification test before replacing the other. Both the ORC and the OCM store OCS calibration data, which they transfer to one another when one of them is replaced. If both are replaced at the same time, an irreversible fault will be set in both modules.





1. Before proceeding with the following repair procedure, review all warnings and cautions.
2. If required, install new spring nuts (1) into the dash panel.





3. Position the instrument panel assembly (2) into the vehicle through the drivers side door. Guide the steering column end (4) through the opening in the dash panel (3) and install the instrument panel onto the supports (1 and 5).




4. Loosely install all the bolts that secure the instrument panel to the body. Tighten the bolts in the following order:
- Top of instrument panel (2) to 8 Nm (70 in. lbs.).
- Side support bolts (1) to 27 Nm (20 ft. lbs.).
- Bottom of instrument panel (3) to 6 Nm (53 in. lbs.).

5. Install the end caps to the left and right side of the instrument panel.
6. Install the defroster grille to the top of the instrument panel. Defroster Grille - Installation.




7. Connect the wire harness connectors (1 and 2) located on the A-pillars.
8. Install the A-pillar trim panels. A-Pillar Trim Panel - Installation




9. Connect the wire harness connectors (2, 4, 5 and 6) to the instrument panel wire harness connector (3).
10. Connect the antenna coax (1) to the instrument panel coax extension.
11. Install the center floor console Floor Console - Installation.





12. Connect the body wire harness connectors (2 and 4) to the transmission control module.
13. Connect the body wire harness connectors (1 and 3) to the instrument panel wire harness connectors.
14. Install steering column as necessary. Steering Column - Installation.





15. Position the instrument panel steering column cover reinforcement (2) onto the bracket.
16. Install the screws (1) that secure the instrument panel steering column cover reinforcement to the bracket. Tighten the screws securely.





17. Position the steering column cover (1) into the vehicle.
18. Connect the hood release cable (4) to the hood release handle (5).
19. Connect the wire harness connector (3) to the trunk release switch.
20. Install the screws (2 and 6) that secure the steering column cover (1) to the instrument panel. Tighten the screws securely.
21. Install the left and right side instrument panel silencers Silencer Panel - Installation
22. Install the glove box. Instrument Panel Glove Box - Installation





23. Raise and support the vehicle.
24. Slide the coupler from the lower intermediate shaft (2) onto the steering gear shaft (3) and install a new pinch bolt (1). Tighten the pinch bolt to 45 Nm (33 ft. lbs.).
25. Lower the vehicle.