[zednelem14]

need help on how to remove the dash so i can get to the back of the radio.
thanks

 

[gmcompu]

need help on how to remove the dash so i can get to the back of the radio.
thanks

Hi zednelem14!
You can register on this site: Kia Global Information System (KGIS)
it's free.
Once you can log in, then you should go to:
Service materials, then Service info, and put Model Year, and Engine.
Then click on replace, and on Audio unit.
Last on Removal and you are!
There you have all the instructions needed with pics.
Good Luck!

 

[.hacK]

Pull out the 2 ac vents on either side. There are 4 screws holding the faceplate to the actual head unit. Then you just pull out the bottom.


I wish I would have known this before i just ripped out the faceplate, and getting a whole lot of screwdriver marks up and down the leather on either side of it.....


BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT BAD!!!!

i swear.

 

[scoobs4584]

How do you get the vents out without the vent puller? I went to my service department and apparently they do not have one. Anyone try this on there own yet?

 

[hazmat]

get 2 hook like screwdriver things and put one on top and bottom and pull gently

 

[justinadams]

they need to be really long to do that.

 

[D113]

How about fashioning your own out of a couple coat hangers?

 

[Dp88]

I made mine with a coat hanger and it work very well

 

[Nick4279]

How

I have both air vents removed and the four screws holding the radio removed, but it won't budge? any suggestions?

 

[YL Groper]

I have both air vents removed and the four screws holding the radio removed, but it won't budge? any suggestions?

pull harder

 

[zednelem14]

u gotta put some muscle into it, its in there pretty good

 

[blacksx87]

why are you doing this?

 

[D113]

Lilly to install an aftermarket deck I presume

 

[jeff613]

pull harder

Dude...I don't know if you meant that to be funny...but it definitely made my laugh!

 

[gripphard]

you can make youre own like Dp88 .

or, you can order KIA's air Vent Remover Tool p/n: (09840-1M100) .

 

[asdetail]

I made mine with a coat hanger and it work very well

Thankyou muchly for that! i was wondering if that would work,as i am about to do head unit swap

 

[MatSim]

Please do a DIY with pics for the head unit, It would help alot of persons on the forum including me

 

[modifiedbears]

I made my own tool from a coat hanger referencing the pic in this thread. I stick it into the air vents and the hooks get caught between where the plastic ends and the metal begins. I pull on it pretty hard and it doesn't budge. From the instructions on the kia tech site it seems like there aren't any clips holding the vents in place so I don't understand what's holding it in place. If there is anyone who has done this before can you try to describe how much force you had to use and if I'm hooking it on the right spot.

 

[Khonshu]

mine was extremely hard to do i actually started to rip the plastic from where my hooks were i wouldnt want to do it again

 

[smic]

I tried the coathanger thing in the summer, didnt work. My good ol cousin scratched the trim from the vent to the volume knob and broke off the little vent adjusters

Good news is my dealer will take the vents out for me no charge, they just have to locate their tool between their 2 dealerships