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Removing and installing glove compartment lid > < Removing and installing glove compartment opening mechanism
Removing and installing glove compartment
Removing and installing glove compartment
Removing
  Note
If the glove compartment lid cannot be opened, the emergency release mechanism can be used to effect opening → Chapter.
  WARNING
In the case of the equipment version with key-operated switch to deactivate front passenger side airbag -E224-, heed the safety regulations for pyrotechnic components → Chapter.
–  With the ignition switched on, disconnect the battery earth wire → Electrical system; Rep. gr.27.
–  Equipment version with DVD drive: Remove the DVD drive → Communication; Rep. gr.91.
–  Equipment version with card reader: Remove the card reader → Communication; Rep. gr.91.
   
–  Remove the passenger side dash panel end trim → Chapter.
–  Open the glove compartment lid and screw out the bolts -1...4-.
  WARNING
Before handling pyrotechnic components (for example to unplug the connector), the person concerned must „discharge static“, for instance by briefly grasping hold of the door striker plate.
–  Detach the glove compartment to the extent required to unplug the connection at the central connector.
–  Equipment version with connection for external audio sources -R199-: Remove the connection for external audio sources -R199- → Communication; Rep. gr.91.
Installing
  WARNING
t  In the case of the equipment version with key-operated switch to deactivate front passenger side airbag -E224-, heed the safety regulations for pyrotechnic components → Chapter.
t  Before handling pyrotechnic components (for example to plug in the connector), the person concerned must „discharge static“, for instance by briefly grasping hold of the door striker plate.
t  Make sure the connectors are pressed on as far as they will go and are heard to engage.
Install in reverse order, paying attention to the following:
–  Plug the connector together until it is heard to engage.
  WARNING
The battery must be connected with the ignition switched on. If pyrotechnic components (airbag, belt tensioner for example) are inexpertly repaired, this may result in unwanted triggering after connecting the battery. There must not be anyone in the vehicle when connecting the battery.
–  With the ignition switched on, connect the battery earth wire → Electrical system; Rep. gr.27.
  Note
If the airbag warning lamp -K75- indicates a fault following installation, the event recorder must be interrogated, erased and interrogated again → Vehicle diagnostic tester.
Notes on installation: For example tightening torques, component replacement → Chapter, → Fig..
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