Vehicles with center console without armrest
Remove center console without armrest.
Vehicles with center console with armrest
If present, remove the DVD player. If present, remove CD changer. If present, remove holder for "iPod player" firms "Apple". If present, remove storage compartment with USB connector. If present, remove the multimedia system control unit.
Vehicles with multimedia system
Remove the multimedia system control panel.
Vehicles with inverter with socket, 12 V-230 V -U13-
Remove inverter with socket, 12 V-230 V -U13-. Remove the rear panel of the center console. Remove center console with armrest.
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Remove light switch -E1-. Remove the left trim on the driver's side. If present, remove the phone holder. Remove the front panel center trim. Remove trim for heater and air conditioner control panel.
Vehicles with audio system or radio navigation system
Remove tape recorder.
Climate control "Climatic" with manual adjustment
Remove heater and air conditioner control panel "Climatic".
Climate control "Climatronic" with automatic control
Remove Climatronic air conditioner control and display unit -E87- with Climatronic control unit -J255-.
Vehicles without air conditioning
Remove the heater and ventilation control panel.
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Remove the lower front panel trim. Remove front panel. Remove the wiper arms. Remove the plenum box cover. Unscrew the screw -1- in the plenum box (20 Nm).
Remove pins -3- and remove two spacer clips -2-. Remove air ducts -1- and -4- from air conditioner module.
Unscrew nuts -1- and -2- (8 Nm), fastening the supporting frame in front. Slightly raise tabs -3- and move to the left -arrow-connector in dash panel insert -4-.
Remove the connector from the hole in the carrier frame.
Instruction: Before removing the supporting frame, make appropriate sketches or photographs in order to properly route and secure the wiring harnesses,
Loosen the nut -5- (4.5 Nm). Release side locks on automatic parking aid control unit -J791-5- and remove control unit from relay unit. Loosen the nut -7- (4.5 Nm). Disconnect wiring harness -3- from front parking aid warning buzzer -H22- -9-. Detach the relay box from the base frame.
Remove the left footwell air duct. Disconnect wiring harness -1- from immobilizer sensing coil -D2-. Unscrew the steering column from the supporting frame.
Unscrew the left and right two screws -1- and -2- (20 Nm).
Unscrew nuts -1- and -2- (8 Nm), fastening the load-bearing frame from the front Unscrew nuts -3- and -4- (8 Nm), fastening the supporting frame in front.
Instructions: Using a scriber, make marks in the area of nuts -1- and -2- in order to mark the position of the supporting frame vertically and horizontally.
Unscrew the two nuts -1- and -2- on the driver's side (20 Nm).
Instructions: Using a scriber, make marks in the area of the nut -2- in order to mark the position of the supporting frame vertically and horizontally.
Loosen nut -2- on passenger side (20 Nm). Disconnect wire harnesses from carrier frame (quantity depends on vehicle configuration).
Instructions: Before removing the supporting frame, insert the appropriate photographs in order to properly route and secure the wiring harnesses later.
With the help of a 2nd mechanic, remove support frame -1- from vehicle.
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