Instrument Cluster: Disassembly

WARNING:

To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supplemental restraint system 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.

Fig 1: Instrument Cluster

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-- Disconnect the negative battery cable. Refer to BATTERY, DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING .

-- Remove the instrument cluster. Refer to INSTRUMENT CLUSTER .

-- Working around the perimeter of the cluster, disengage each of the integral latch features that secure the top and sides of the cluster lens to the cluster hood and mask unit and to the cluster housing.

-- Remove the lens from the face of the cluster hood and mask unit.