Need a radio face plate to plug in - Cars & Trucks

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1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.
2. Open the glove box. Remove the glove box open panel.
3. Remove the air conditioning switch connector and heater control unit lever knobs. Pull heater control unit cover plate from instrument panel.
4. Remove the gearshift control lever upper boot and center console.
5. Remove the ashtray.
6. Remove the instrument panel center trim bezel and radio face plate.
7. Remove the screw from the back of the radio receiver and the screws from the front face of the radio.
8. Remove the radio.

No, you will damage the face plate trying to do that. The dealer has a special tool that is unique to properly remove the unit.

the radio removal process does require a tool.If you look at the face of the radio,you will see a small hole in each corner,if you will take two large paper clips,bend them to where they are in a U shape,insert one clip on the left side of the face plate and the other on the right side of the face plate,and push into the holes at the same time.This will release the radio.

Some radios do have a plug in fuse at the rear of the radio and also if its aftermarkek with a removeable face plate then there may be a small reset button on the front of the radio when face is removed. you will see if you look closely it will say reset, good luck.

remove dash face plate to gain access to the radio,you may have to also remove the ash tray and it's support,a few bolt or screws on the side of the radio and slide it out,un plug wires,new radio will require a install kit and mating harness for the factor plugs for your application

I'm not totally sure about the La Sabre, but there should be trim screws that hold the Dash face plate in place. There are three on the top portion of the face plate, and I think three on the bottom . The face plate extends from Light switch on left to radio on right. You may have to tilt the steering wheel column down to remove the face plate from around the steering wheel. From what I remember, the only thing that needs to be unplugged from the face plate is the plug for the rear defroster. Also, there are clips that hold the face plate in place. They just push in and out. Once the face plate is off, you can get to the radio mounting screws.

the easiest thing you can do that will give you step by step directions. Go to http://www.crutchfield.com/ or call 1-800-319-8264 and tell them what car and what radio you have. They will sell you a adaptor and face plate with step by step directions. Everything you absolutely need.

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Remove radio from vehicle. remove T15 torx screws on top and sides of radio. Remove knobs and outer bezels around knobs. Face has retainer clips top and bottom. Unsnap the face of radio and remove old bulbs there are five or six in a gm radio.

FIXED MINE! My 2000 Sienna XLE had the same problem with the lights not working. They would flicker on once in a while. I took off the face plate, cleaned the radio with a "can of air" to remove any dust, put electrical grease on the face plate contacts and the plugs on the back of the radio. Reassembled and the lights worked better, but dim and flickered off a bit. Knocked on it a few times on the side to get those contacts to work better and it is now working. My guess is the contacts on the faceplate were not making good contact. If I had to do it again, I would pull on and off the face plate a few times after installing the electrical grease to help loosen up any corrosion for a better connection. That would probably eliminate the need to beat on the side of the radio after reassembling. This fixed mine. Hope it works for you.

The face plate buttons actually activate small buttons on a printed circuit board behind the face plate. When I removed the radio and then the face plate many small pieces of plastic fell from behind the face plate. These small plastic pieces align the face plate button to the printed circuit board buttons. My Beeetle is almost 10 1/2 years old so I imagine the plastic is just becoming brittle with age. I could not set the radio to FM, so I removed the face plate button and now slide a toothpick in the slot to toggle between FM1 & FM2. Not he best solution, but probably the most inexpensive one. I also made my on tool to remove the radio from a diagram found at: http://www.alientech.net/nbinfo/stereo.html