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To Do It :
You
will be removing the instrument cluster from your vehicle
to get rid of the beeper. Your first step is to remove
the dark grey trim ring. It is held in by 2 phillips
screws located at the top of the piece about two inches
to the right and left of center. You'll need a short
screw-driver to reach these screws. Once the two screws
have been removed gently pull the trim piece towards
you. It should pop out easily. You can now see the three
screws holding the instrument cluster in place. Two
on the bottom at either side and one at top right of
center. Remove all three. Now pull the instrument cluster
towards you, the steering wheel is in the way so you
will have to do some twisting and turning to get it
out. I was able to pull it far enough to the right to
access the wire harnesses. There are two harnesses on
the back of the cluster, a white one and a smaller light
blue one. Remove both by pressing the clip down and
pulling gently. Set aside the instrument cluster. Now
look at the white harness. When the clip is at top you
are looking for pin 21, second from the right on the
bottom row. You can use a multi-meter or 12-volt test
light to verify this by turning the car on and putting
it into reverse. Pin 21 will go hot when the car is
in reverse. For information pin 7 and 8 are ground or
you can use the steering column brackets for ground.
Turn the car back off. Now that you have verified that
you have the right pin turn the harness over to get
to the wires. Cut the wire to pin 21. This is a red
with a black stripe. I covered both severed ends over
with electrical tape to prevent any shorts from occuring
and put everything back together. You've now gotten
rid of the single most annoying thing about this vehicle.
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