To remove
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2001 Saab 9-5. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Remove upper and lower steering column cowls, 3 screws.
- Remove the direction indicator and windscreen wiper switch.
- Remove the radio.
- Remove the SID unit.
- Remove the ACC/heating and ventilation unit (not the seat heating unit).
- Remove the switches to the right of the steering wheel.
- Remove the fuse cover.
- Unplug the connector for the lights switches and press out the lights switch unit. Unplug the three connectors for the lamps, noting the order (black, green and orange).
- Remove the two button blanks.
- Unscrew the dashboard, 6 screws and 4 clips.
- Remove the dashboard.
- Remove the four screws securing the main instrument unit.
- Unplug the two connectors, one 24-pin and one 12-pin.
- Lift out the main instrument unit.