From the repair manual:
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable. Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge
before further service.
2. Remove the top cover from the instrument panel. Refer to Body/Instrument Panel/GRILLE, Defroster
- Removal .
3. Remove the two screws (4) from the screw guide (3) on the top of the instrument panel (2) near the
windshield (1) that secure the instrument panel bracket for the passenger airbag to the dash panel.
4. Using a trim stick or another suitable wide flat-bladed tool, pry the screw guide away from the top of the
instrument panel far enough to disengage the two integral latch features that secure it and remove the
screw guide to allow access to the trim screw that secures the passenger airbag instrument panel bracket
to the instrument panel structural duct.
5. Work through the rectangular hole in the top of the instrument panel beneath the removed screw guide to
access and remove the one screw that secures the center tab of the passenger airbag instrument panel
bracket to the structural duct.
6. Remove the glove box from the instrument panel. Refer to Body/Instrument Panel/GLOVE BOX,
Instrument Panel - Removal .
7. Remove the grab handle from the instrument panel. Refer to Body/Instrument Panel/GLOVE BOX,
Instrument Panel - Removal
8. Reach up into the instrument panel above the upper glove box opening (2) to access and remove the two
nuts (3) that secure the passenger airbag lower studs to the instrument panel base trim on each side of the
glove box latch striker (1).
9. Using a trim stick or another suitable wide flat-bladed tool, gently pry the lower edge of the passenger
airbag door rearward away from the upper glove box opening reinforcement far enough to disengage the
snap features on the door from the receptacles in the instrument panel base trim.
10. Grasp the lower edge of the passenger airbag door and gently pull the door and airbag rearward far
enough to disengage the upper snap features from the receptacles in the instrument panel base trim and to
access the two instrument panel wire harness connections to the airbag inflators at each side of the airbag
housing.
11. The instrument panel passenger airbag wire harness connectors are secured by integral latches to the
airbag inflator connector receptacles, which are located on the sides of the passenger airbag housing.
Depress the latches on each side of each connector insulator and pull the insulators straight out from the
airbag inflator to disconnect them from the connector receptacles.
12. Remove the passenger airbag, airbag door and instrument panel bracket from the instrument panel as a
CAUTION: Do not pull on the instrument panel wire harness take outs or pry on
the connector insulators to disengage the connectors from the
passenger airbag inflator connector receptacles. Improper removal of
these take outs and their connector insulators can result in damage
to the airbag circuits or connector insulators.
unit.
Hope that helps...
