Procedure
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Image 2, glove box and console trim panel removed
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Image 3, foot vent and structural bracket removed
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- Remove glovebox
- Open the side door, there are 2 screws there hidden under caps. Be carefull. The whole cap piece can come out on you. Not a problem, just don't lose one.
- Open the GB door. There is one screw on the left.
- Remove 3 screws hidden by caps around the upper lip of the glovebox
- Remove the one bolt, lower right. In plain sight.
- Little black disc on the bottom up in the footwell. It's a push button piece of plastic holder thing. Who invented this crap? Push in on the middle, should come right out. See image 1
- Pull down and away from the dash. Disconnect plug to GB interior light. Pull downward and away the rest of the way out.
- Remove side kickpanel
- 1 screw. See image 2
- Remove lower floor vent piece
- Personally I would take the extra minute and remove the metal bracket in front of it. 3 bolts. See image 3
- Remove little plastic pushpin thing holding the lower vent on the right side. Again, this couldn't be a bolt? Cheap POS... I taped this back up because my little bolt was broken.
- Pull down and towards the front of the car.
- Remove cover over the contact part (plate) of the controller
- 1 screw. Sorry, no pics, my cam is dead. It's a curved black cover on the left side against the footwell. Can't miss it. Behind the amp in an SE. This is a different size screw. Same size as the plate screws. See image 4
- Pull down and towards the front of the car.
- Remove plate end of controller
- 2 screws, See image 5
- Remove the dash air flow tube
- It'll be much easier to access the lead wire and male plug of the control unit if this big tube is out of the way. It's a friction fit, so pull the right side away from you to release it and then down and towards you to release the left side.
- It'll be much easier to access the lead wire and male plug of the control unit if this big tube is out of the way. It's a friction fit, so pull the right side away from you to release it and then down and towards you to release the left side.
- Follow the other end to the connector
- Be carefull with this bracket. There is a bracket holding 2 connectors, one of which you need. Disconnect them both and connect your new controller. See image 6
- removing the male end of the plug from the bracket is a little difficult because of the V-shaped clips on the top and bottom. I used the T20 torx screwdriver and one of my fingers on the other side to squeeze them together. Definitely an awkward procedure.
- a T20 torx screwdriver
- release button fasteners
- control unit screws
- curved lower trim piece
- a T25 torx screwdriver
- glovebox screws
- a 10 mm 6-point socket and socket driver
- lower right glovebox bolt
- structural bracket
Image 2, glove box and console trim panel removed
Image 3, foot vent and structural bracket removed
Image 4, removing the lower trim piece
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Image 5, the ACC fan control unit
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Image 6, the control unit leadwire and male plug, the dash air flow tube is removed
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Image 5, the ACC fan control unit
Image 6, the control unit leadwire and male plug, the dash air flow tube is removed