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Replacing the bulbs in the operating and display unit -E87 > < Components in the passenger compartment
Heating, Air Conditioner
Components for the control and regulation of air conditioners up to Model Year 1996
Removing and installing operating and display unit -E87

Assignment of the operating and display unit -E87 -E87 up to Model Year 1996

Part number

Special features

8D0 820 043 C

Static self-diagnosis, control is deactivated during self-diagnosis

8D0 820 043 D...G

- During the self-diagnosis, control is only switched off for final control diagnosis and basic setting
- In vehicles with 6-cylinder engines, may only be combined with Zexel compressors

8D0 820 043 from H

For all vehicles up to Model Year 1996

Notes:

  • ◆ Before removing -E87, interrogate fault memory .
  • ◆ Note the precise assignment when replacing an operating and display unit:

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  • ◆ After renewing the -E87, always:
    - Check/correct code .
  • ◆ If a new installed operating and display unit -E87 flashes after the ignition is switched on (for approx. 2 minutes), encode the -E 87 .
  • ◆ If display is always 22 °C (71°F) after switching on ignition, regardless of the last setting, use the current flow diagram to rectify the power supply to -E87 (terminal 30).
  • ◆ The display on the -E87 may be switched from °C°F and vice versa by pressing the "temperature +" button with the "recirculated air" button pressed.

Removing

 
A87-0037
  • ‒ Remove radio.

=> Radio, Telephone and Navigation System; Repair group 91; Radio systems; Removing and installing radio

  • ‒ → Screw out the bolts -A-.
  • ‒ Pull off the trim on the centre section of the dash panel. If necessary, prise off with a small screwdriver.
  • ‒ Remove screws -B-.
  • ‒ Pull the operating and display unit out of the centre section of the dash panel.
 
A87-0038
  • ‒ → Press back the connector catch -bottom arrow- and pull off the connector.

Installing

Installation is carried out in the reverse order; note the following:

 
A87-0037
  • ‒ → After installing the operating and display unit -E87, check the correct seating of the moulded hose -C- from the temperature sensor -G56 to the temperature sensor blower -V42.

Note:

When installing the bolts -B-, insert the spring clips for the trim on the correct side.

Replacing the bulbs in the operating and display unit -E87 > < Components in the passenger compartment