Removing the knee airbag panel on driver side

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Technical Discussion' started by abubin, Jul 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM.

  1. abubin

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    I am trying to replace the star shape steering damper for my Prius 2012. It's a right hand drive model.

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    Stuck at the step to remove the knee airbag panel. According to manual, to remove that panel, there are 4 bolts to be removed. 3 of them I can acccess. But the last one is located behind panel #2 as shown in the picture.

    However, to remove panel #2 I have to remove surrounding panels which includes the whole center console panels #3, #4, and #5. Including the headunit. I am trying to avoid that and see if anyone have a hack method to remove that bolt without remove the whole trims.

    Thanks.


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    #1 abubin, Jul 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
    Last edited: Jul 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM