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davecooper47
5th June, 2014, 11:28 PM
Had this car earlier but couldn't remove the cluster. I removed the plastic surround to reveal 2 screws at the bottom and undid those but the cluster was still stuck solid in the middle or at the top. I didn't want to force it so I left it. Has anyone got any idea how to remove this cluster? And before anyone asks, I don't have this cluster diagnostic on any of my machines.
tunertool
6th June, 2014, 06:56 PM
Next time just pull.
diagtech
6th June, 2014, 11:31 PM
Remove plastic trim below either side of cluster and poke long screwdriver down round hole to push plastic cams at either side to release,spent a lot of time on my back doing this before I knew about this
vageric
7th June, 2014, 06:46 AM
Remove plastic trim below either side of cluster and poke long screwdriver down round hole to push plastic cams at either side to release,spent a lot of time on my back doing this before I knew about this

is this method not for the R171 model?
think the R172 is different.
did not done one R172 yet meself so just guessing
tunertool
7th June, 2014, 09:18 AM
Yes thats just for the older model this one is just two screws and a bit of a tug will release the rest.
davecooper47
9th June, 2014, 12:24 PM
Ok. Ill try that. Was a bit worried about pulling it as it is so stiff.
vageric
9th June, 2014, 02:50 PM
think same system as the latest A,B,ML classes.
milesahead
9th June, 2014, 07:33 PM
There is no locks on this 172 there is just 2 screws at bottom and 2 heavy duty clips at back just remove two screws and give it a pull from side to side at top and it will go
dave11674
9th June, 2014, 07:55 PM
yeah as the guys say
we did a new ML and it was damn tight
2 screws at bottom and im not sure if it was 2 or 4 of the plastic clips holding it in from the back
good tugs with merc hooks free'd mine up

dave
davecooper47
17th June, 2014, 12:13 AM
Done the job thanks chaps. Was exceptionally stiff though. Another tip thanks to Dave11674: you can lift the LCD up enough to slide it out without removing needles and 95640 is there. I know most will have tools to do dash via OBD but I obviously didn't. Was as easy as a new Focus.
paulocallaghan
17th June, 2014, 12:27 AM
how did you nanage the keymodule
smartymarti
17th June, 2014, 09:12 AM
Can blocker only solution