Over-Center Spring, Removing And Installing: Removing

Vehicles With Knee Airbag 

• Determine whether a coded radio is installed. If so, obtain the anti-theft code.
• Disconnect the battery ground cable. Refer to → BATTERY, DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING

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• Move the driver seat all the way back and raise the steering wheel to the highest position.
• Remove the trim and the cover under the trim on the driver side. Refer to → DRIVER SIDE INSTRUMENT PANEL COVER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING

Vehicles With Knee Airbag 

• Remove the knee airbag bracket and crash bolster. Refer to the appropriate service information.

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• Remove the cable guide -2- from the steering column.
• Remove the footwell vent -3-. Refer to → OVERVIEW - AIR ROUTING AND AIR DISTRIBUTION IN VEHICLE INTERIOR

Vehicles Without Knee Airbag 

There are different ways of securing the impact bolster -1- in front of the clutch pedal -2-. The crash bolster may look different than what is shown in the following illustrations.

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Securing with Two Bolts

• Remove the crash bolster -1- (2 bolts).

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Securing with One Bolt

• Remove the crash bolster -1- (1 bolt -2-).

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• Remove the damper -arrow- at the bottom of the mounting bracket/clutch pedal, if equipped.

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• Remove the washers -A- for the damper.
• Remove the damper.

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• Push the damper near the upper nut -1- above the clutch pedal -A- upward in the direction of the -arrow-.

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• Remove the clutch pedal -1- from the mounting bracket -3-. To do this, remove the nut -2- and bolt -5-.

• Swivel the clutch pedal slightly downward and remove the over-center spring -4- from the mounting bracket.