How To Exchange A Honda Civic Head Unit

Since the introduction of the Honda Civic in the American car market in the year 1973, it has seen a huge number of changes and structural redesigns.

In 2006 the Honda Company made a major change in the car's structural design and named it as the eighth generation Civic. After this, the Honda Civic is one of the most sought after cars in the American locomotive industry mainly because of the plush interiors and the luxury it offers. But the eighth generation Civics' has one major shortcoming.

The dash design is a complex one when compared with other cars and thus removing a radio from the dash involves a number of steps and removal of the dash assembly. This article will show you how to remove a Honda Civic radio without seeking any professional help. Necessary things that you should have before you start the works are as follows first thing is the pilers, Philips head screw drivers are usually recommended for this purpose.

Then a socket wrench with dimensions of 0. 8cm is also required.

It is always safe to wear gloves when doing some works regarding cars and electrical items so that can avoid risk and can handle safely. Before attempting to remove the radio, turn off your car engine's ignition and set the parking brake. Now using the pliers break the connection between the car and the negative battery cable. Now pry below the steering wheel till you come in contact with the clips that is holding the trim panel. This plastic trim panel will be held in its place with the help of clips. Loosen these clips and p\\then pull the plastic trim panel. Next thing you need to do after making the above mentioned steps is that you need to check out for the trim made of plastic which would be present below the steering. Make sure that you have pulled out those trims so that it would be much easier for removing the radio. Locate the small panel that is located beneath the A/C controls and the radio. Remove this panel by pulling it with a little force. Behind this panel you will find two 8mm bolts. Using the socket wrench remove both the bolts.

These bolts are responsible for holding the radio and the A/C control panel. Hold the radio and the air cooler control panel firmly and pull the whole setup out of the dash.

In this control panel you will find connections to the hazard light, the radio antenna cable, the radio wiring harness and the A/C control.

If you turn over the panel to the back side you will locate 11 screws.

These 11 screws hold the air cooler control and the danger light panel to the radio. With the help of a Philips head screw driver remove all the 11 screws. After this the radio can be completely removed from the panel. Now you should remove the radio and control panel from the dash you can now see many wires present in back side of radio remove those wires and make sure that you are not damaging any wires because you may need to use them when you put a new radio. Follow these simple steps on how to remove the Honda Civic radio by yourself.
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