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Module, Compass: Removal: Removal

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2012 Chrysler 300. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
WARNING:

To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.

Fig 1: Instrument Panel Structural Support, Screws, And Mounting Bracket
GC0144906Courtesy of CHRYSLER GROUP, LLC
  1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
  2. Remove the center bezel from the instrument panel. Refer to BEZEL, INSTRUMENT PANEL, CENTER, REMOVAL .
  3. Remove the two screws (2) that secure the Remote Compass Module (RCM) mounting bracket (3) near the top of the instrument panel structural support (1).
  4. Pull the RCM (4) and mounting bracket out from the instrument panel structural support far enough to access and disconnect the instrument panel wire harness connector (5) from the RCM connector receptacle.
  5. Remove the RCM and mounting bracket unit from the vehicle.
    Fig 2: RCM, Screws, And Mounting Bracket
    GC0144905Courtesy of CHRYSLER GROUP, LLC
  6. Remove the two screws (3) that secure the RCM (2) to the mounting bracket (1).
  7. Remove the RCM from the mounting bracket.