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Disassembly of the dashboard of the Mini Cooper R56

Model: Mini Mini R55, R57, R56 - Years 2007-2014
Part: Dashboard

In this video we will see the main instructions to remove the dashboard of the Mini Cooper R56, in order to access the motor of the passenger compartment fan. First we go to remove our steering wheel, together with its airbag; to do this we disconnect the electric connector of the latter and then unscrew the central screw of the steering wheel. At this point we remove all the plastics from the dashboard, starting with the disassembly of the glovebox; we use a lever to remove the side plastics and then the central ones. Now unscrew the screws that we find on the dashboard, following the video to the end for the complete disassembly!

Posted on 17 January 2022 by ScegliAuto

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