How to remove dash panel - 2005 Cadillac Deville

Once you have the dash out. The airbag module is easy to replace. You can not just remove the panel in front of the air bag.

In order to replace the evap core, you will have to remove the entire dash. A guideline, or general order of parts removal would be:

• Remove lower panels beneath the dash.
• Remove the lower dash panel below the steering wheel.
• Remove the glove box.
• Remove the radio and bezel surrounding it.
• Remove the instrument cluster and bezel surrounding it.
• Lower the steering column.
• Remove the passenger airbag. Make sure you disconnect the battery for safety.
• At this point you're getting close you should be able to start removing all the bolts that secure the dash.

Good luck, that's a pretty big undertaking.

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Remove the two end panels on the dash. These are the panels that are located on either end of the dashboard. Place a rag over the tip of a flat tip screwdriver and wedge the tip behind the panel. Then pry the end panel off the dash. Do this for both panels.Remove the nine screws holding the glove box in place. Remove the two screws under the side panel on the passenger side (removed in step 1), four inside the glove box, two under the glove box, and one in the bottom left corner of the glove box (you can only access it after removing all of the other screws and extending the glove box down beyond what is normally allowed with the other screws in). Remove the screws holding the dash on under the steering wheel. Remove the two under the panel on the driver's side panel (removed in step 1), three on the underside of the dash, one on either side of the steering column, and one near the bezel covering the stereo.Pull the dash off from around the stereo controls.Remove the clip and wiring for the hazard switch using a flat tip screwdriver.Remove the six screws holding the HVAC unit and stereo unit in place and pull the stereo straight out of the dash. Unplug the electrical connection from the back of the stereo.

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Open both front doors, remove the fuse panel/relay cover panel at top by pulling straight off. There is a screw at the top which holds part of the dash panel, remove screw, do the same on the other side. Remove two screws at the center of drivers side of dash at top which screws in to the top of the dashboard. Remove small lower dash panel around steering column, it has two screws.You will have to unplug four electrical connectors, Two are on lower panel for floor light and trunk release. Two are on main dash panel, one for Traction control and one for hazard light. Start to pry from drivers side, the dash panel, it has snap clips and work across to pass. side. sash panel will lift off. This will leave acsess to radio.

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Have your radio code before you pull it out with the right radio tool. This pull would involve removing this parts.

1. Glove compartment
2. Driver side panel
3. Center top dash board
4. Defrost switch carrier
5. Radio unit
6. Center lower half of dash

So I'd suggest go to your local public library and look for your car manual. It would be either Chiltons or Clymers manual, it's not as precise a Bentley VW Official factory repair manual. Yes it really involves taking all those parts out just to get to the rotary switch.

There is a little more to it than that, but not a tough job if you have patience. You will need to remove both 'doors' on the dash-one glovebox, one fuse access panel. on US models, you will need to remove the pass side airbag as well, then 2 bolts that hold a set of relays under the airbag, then 5 bolts that hold a support bracket (also under the pass side airbag-behind glovebox.

Then under the dash at teh outside near the doors, remove 2 sets of 10mm bolts. after than remove 2 sets of 10mm bolts near where the bottom of the dash touches the tranny tunnel. obviously all the center console needs to be removed, and the center panel of the dash, as there are several sets of screws that hold that to the back of the dash.

be patient, take lots of photos of how it goes together, and where the wiring is(was), and this is pretty easy.

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-well you start by removing the covers at each end of the panel. you will see them when you open the doors, they will just pull off.
-then you will remove the defrost grill in the top center of the dash.
-there wil be two 7 mm bolts behind the grill you will need to remove
-each end of dash will have a 7 mm bolt
-open glove box and you will find three black 7mm
-hidden up left in the glove box a square cutout you will find two silver or gold 7mm bolts that will have to be removed. (these two remove the airbag cover.
-once all the screws are removed then just pull the upper dash panel upwards to remove it (be careful of the airbag itself not to puncture it)
-with the top half of the dash off you will find 4 more 7mm bolts holding the facia part of the dash.
-remove these and pull the dash towards you around the heater and radio the dash is clipped in. be careful not to crack the panel.

-reverse procedure to put it back together.

fist disconnect the battery and inside the clovebox is the airbag senser unpluge is and then remove the screws around the bottom of dash there is also clips that help hold it on. be carfull not to pull to hard for the wires inside dash.

UNSNAP PUSH-PIN FASTENERS FROM BOTTOM OF CENTER CONSOLE
AND REMOVE BOTTOM PANEL.
2. EXTRACT 4 SCREWS FROM BOTTOM EDGE OF BEZEL. EXTRACT 4
SCREWS FORM INSIDE DASH BELOW POCKET. PULL CUP HOLDER/
POCKET ASSEMBLY OUT OF DASH AND REMOVE.
3. OPEN GLOVE BOX AND REMOVE STOPPERS. EXTRACT 2 SCREWS
FROM RIGHT SIDE OF CENTER DASH BEZEL..
4. FROM BELOW STEERING WHEEL EXTRACT 2 SCREWS FROM BOTTOM
EDGE OR PANEL, UNSNAP UPPER EDGE OF PANEL, UNPLUG, AND
REMOVE.
5. UNSNAP TOP EDGE OR CENTER LOWER BEZEL, UNPLUG, AND REMOVE.
6. EXTRACT 2 SCREWS FROM SIDES OF POCKET.
7. UNSNAP RADIO/AC CONTROL DASH BEZEL, UNPLUG, AND REMOVE.
8. EXTRACT 2 SCREWS FROM EACH SIDE OF THE RADIO BRACKET
ASSEMBLY TO REMOVE RADIO FROM DASH/AC BEZEL.

Removal & Installation
1.Disconnect negative battery cable. Drain cooling system. Disconnect heater hoses from heater core, and plug openings. Detach hood release cable. Remove both dash side panels. Remove left and right lower dash trim panels. Remove glove box. Remove 7 screws securing center accessory console. Disconnect wires on accessory console, and remove accessory console. Remove control cables at heater case.

2.Remove 4 bolts securing steering column to instrument panel. Lower steering column. Remove 2 bolts from instrument panel mounts at far left and right sides of instrument panel. Remove defroster duct trim on top of dash. Remove instrument cluster screws. Pull instrument cluster out slightly. Disconnect electrical connections and speedometer cable from instrument cluster. Remove instrument cluster.

3.Disconnect all electrical connectors from instrument panel. Remove parking brake console. Remove glove box. Remove bolts securing instrument panel support to floorpan. Remove all instrument panel mounting bolts. Remove instrument panel.

4.Separate heater case from blower. Remove 3 nuts and pull heater