Instrument Cluster: Installing
To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the SRS before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect the negative battery cable, refer to BATTERY, DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING , 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 SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.
-- Position the instrument cluster (1) close enough to the instrument panel to reconnect the wire harness connectors to the receptacles on the back of the cluster housing.
-- Position the instrument cluster tabs to the holes in the instrument panel.
-- Install and tighten the screws (2) securing the instrument cluster.
-- Install the instrument cluster trim bezel. Refer to Removal and Installation .
-- Connect the battery negative cable. Refer to BATTERY, DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING .
Certain indicators in this instrument cluster are automatically configured. This feature allows those indicators to be activated or deactivated for compatibility with certain optional equipment. If a problem is noted that involves improper illumination of an indicator, disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable. After about five minutes, reconnect the battery negative cable and turn the ignition switch to the ON position. The instrument cluster should automatically relearn the equipment in the vehicle and properly configure the configuration indicators accordingly.