Remove the Dashboard

• 1). Disconnect the negative battery cable from the battery with a wrench and disable the airbag by removing the airbag fuse from the driver's side fuse panel. Raise the steering wheel to the highest position if is the tilting kind.
  
  
• 2). Unscrew and remove the headlight switch knob using a wrench. Loosen and remove the two screws that hold the dash panel around the lower side of the steering wheel column using a screwdriver. Use a flathead screwdriver to pry the cover loose from its retaining clips starting on the lower edge of the cover.
  
  
• 3). Loosen and remove the four screws holding the knee bolster or knee blocker under the driver's side with a screwdriver. Remove the panel.
  
  
• 4). Loosen and remove the three screws that attach the instrument panel to each door hinge pillar with a screwdriver. Loosen and remove the four nuts that attach the instrument panel to the dash panel with a wrench. Have an assistant help lift the instrument panel from the vehicle.
  
  

Identifying Heating System Components

• 1). Look on the passenger side of the central control console behind where the glove box normally sits. The black assembly is most of the heating system components.
  
  
• 2). Notice the air duct that runs from the heater assembly up towards the windshield. This is the defroster duct and it directs air from the heater blower to the windshield. The duct attaches at its base to the heater housing.
  
  
• 3). On the right side of the heater housing as you face forward in the vehicle is the blower motor. The blower motor runs at different speeds according to the fan setting heater control and pushes air into the air duct.
  
  
• 4). Remove the screws that hold the front of the heater housing in place using a screwdriver. In the very center of the heater housing is the heater core which is a smaller version of the main engine radiator. The heater core circulates hot engine coolant from the engine and transfers this heat to the air when the blower motor and fan are turned on. Attached to the back of the heater core are an inlet and outlet hose that carry coolant to and from the engine. If you look on the engine side of the firewall you will see these hoses emerge and connect to the engine cooling system.
  
  
• 5). Look on the front right of the heater housing and you will see a cable attached to a linkage assembly. This cable runs to the heater control panel on the dashboard and adjusts the amount of heat being transferred by the fan to the passenger compartment.