It's not difficult, just fiddly getting off the aircon climate control panel. I only know about the pre-facelift model. Once you have the aircon panel out you just need to unscrew the rear casing. To remove the aircon panel:-
1. Remove the inner ash tray part of the ash tray. This will expose a screw at the rear. Remove this screw. The entire ash tray until can now be pulled out. This will expose another two screws, one each side (but don't undo these yet).
2. Remove the radio unit and remove the radio chassis.
3. Prise off the buttons on the aircon panel – only the ones in a horizontal row, i.e. the heated seats etc. (You only need to do this step if you are completely removing the panel.)
4. Remove the two screws from exposed by step 1 above.
5. The tricky bit now... Looking through the radio aperture you should see a horizontal aluminium bar. You need to pull this bar down. It is spring loaded and releases two metal pins that hold the top of the aircon panel secure. Tip – I have had to take my panel out quite a lot so I tied some string to it. Now I just have to stick a screw driver into the loop of string and pull that – much easier.
6. Pull the panel free. The wiring looms that attach to the buttons you removed earlier are freed by sliding downwards.
7. There is a yellow connector which has a lever you must pull. You must also unclip the satnav connection. The panel will then be free and you can remove the black plastic cover over the sampling fan.
8. Because you disconnect the aircon unit, you must reset the system when you put it all back by pressing and holding the Auto/Off buttons until you hear the servos begin to move.
I’ve done this quite a few times now and it takes me around 5-6 minutes, but for the first time expect it to take about 20 depending how quickly you manage to pull down the ali bar to release the top of the unit.
Also, please beware, I’ve had a couple of whiskies now – but I don’t think I forgot anything
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