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Dashboard Center Vent

Dashboard Center Vent Removal/ Installation

Without Navigation System

NOTE:
- Put on gloves to protect your hands.
- Take care not to scratch the dashboard and related . parts.
- Lay a shop towel under the parts when working on them to protect the face panel from scratches or other damage.

1. Remove the Audio-HVAC-Display module.




2. Remove the screws securing the center vent (A), then remove it.
3. Install the center vent in the reverse order of removal.

With Navigation System

NOTE:
- Put on gloves to protect your hands.
- Take care not to scratch the dashboard and related parts.
- Lay a shop towel under the parts when working on them to protect the face panel from scratches or other damage.
- Do not work in a dusty or dirty place.
- Discharge static electricity from your body before and during the work.
- Do not touch the circuit board with your bare hands.
- Do not work with dirty hands.
- Be careful not to fold the flat plate cable.
- Do not touch the terminal connector of the flat plate cable with your bare hands.(If you have touched it, wipe it off thoroughly.)

1. Remove the Audio-HVAC-Display module.
2. Remove the audio unit.




3. Remove the screws (A, B) securing the center vent (C) and the display unit cover (D).




4. Pull up on the top of the display unit cover (A) slightly until the middle mounting portion (B) of the center vent (C) can be removed from under the bracket (D), then remove the center vent from the center panel (E).
5. Install the center vent in the reverse order of removal.