Has anyone removed a 500 dash and replaced?

I have to replace mine as the passenger airbag needs replacing. Are there any guides or instructions that anyone knows of?

Thanks

Nobody on here ever changed a dash?

First answer, get a Haynes. Book 5558, covers Panda and 500, has a description to remove fascia from page 11.32. It starts with the paragraph: "Note:This is an involved operation entailing the removal of numerous components and assemblies, and the disconnection of a multitude of wiring connectors. Make notes on the location of all disconnected wiring, or attach labels to the connectors, to avoid confusion when refitting."
Look on Amazon or Ebay for best price.
Subsequent operations refer to various sections of the book, for removal of airbag, steering column switches, and radio etc.

Why?

Has the airbag gone off? If it has, was this caused by carelessness with connections, a faulty airbag, or a collision?
If carelessness, good luck fixing it.
If a faulty airbag, I'd be asking Fiat to contribute, regardless of vehicle age.
If a collision, for the airbag to have deployed, I'd also expect significant frontal impact damage, including chassis damage, and any seat belt worn at the time will need replacing too. Is there more to this story?

Bought a damaged car. Being delivered tomorrow. No chassis damage, light panel damage. High side impact, steering, passenger, seat and curtain airbags deployed. I will be photographing and videoing my progress for a report on here when it's all finished. This will be the 6th car I have repaired. Never done airbags before, fancied a new challenge.

I will no doubt be using this forum for more pointers.

I do have Haynes manual, didn't think it would cover something like that, but thanks. I'll have to grab it and have a read.

Thanks!

Received the car today. Very small dent in front corner of bonnet, front bumper small dent and dig. Should be repairable by my body shop. Headlight and DRL plastic mount broken. I already have new ones ready to put on. drivers door long crease/dent. May replace door but will take advice from my body shop. Dent/crease on quarter panel where it has continued from door, will repair easily enough. That's it for exterior.

Internally, drivers, knee, passenger , drivers seat and one curtain airbag deployed. Both seatbelt locked. Drivers door card damaged by airbag

Only 23k miles on a 63 plate, apart from that it's in excellent condition.

Will need a Vic check as a cat c due to airbags.

If it stops raining, I'll start working on it today.

typecastboy said:

Internally, drivers, knee, passenger , drivers seat and one curtain airbag deployed. Both seatbelt locked. Drivers door card damaged by airbag

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Seat belts locked as the pre-tentioners will have deployed along with all the other airbags, unusual to have so many airbags deployed and no significant damage, expect replacing all the airbags to not only be phenomenally expensive but also a pain in the arse especially the curtains.

Get the airbag codes read before you get too deep into it as sensors in the chassis or b pillars might have been damaged or failed so might need more work in those areas.

Yeah thanks. I've just read the manual now, fiddly but doesn't sound too bad. A nuisance that you need to take the seats out to do the seatbelts though.

Just taken the bumper off which revealed the slam panel is bent a bit and both top and bottom reinforcement bars are mullered!!

I've got MultiECU Scan so I will check the codes.

Expect lots of swearing, but followed by lots of pictures and a blow by blow account of my progress.

Off to the paintshop now with my iPad and pictures of the damage to get prices and taking the bumper with me to see if it's repairable. The last car I did he told me not to bother automatically replacing bumpers as they can do wonders with plastic welding. We shall see. Also taking the ipad with photos of the seat that will need restitching when I fit the new airbag to an auto reupholsterer that's en route to the paint shop.

Watch this space.

I wait with baited breath.

To quote Rudyard Kipling .......... You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din!

Good luck,
Mick

Ha, ha cheers. It's quite a lot of work, but fancied a challenge. After doing 5 other cars since last November and making a small profit on each I fancied the challenge of a car with airbags gone.

I've now discovered from the previous 5 that there are always things that you didn't realise you are going to have to do that aren't apparent straight away.

Got a price of £90 for cash for the re-stitch of the seat side, might shop around a bit for that when I get to it.

Bumper wasn't repairable unfortunately so now looking for a replacement, preferably second hand but being the facelift model there aren't that many of them around.

Bought a used slam panel and top reinforcement bar, just need to find a lower one.

All the bodywork damage is going to cost me £1200 cash, so I need to save my pennies for that, but I've got a lot internally to be getting on with and need to find a bare donor door too.

typecastboy said:

Got a price of £90 for cash for the re-stitch of the seat side, might shop around a bit for that when I get to it.

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I have a couple of Charcoal grey seat backs with airbags in if they are of any help.

Cheers for the offer but I've already bought an airbag

Hy did someone do this


Has anyone removed a 500 dash and replaced?\

Need to remove the pasager airbag, or to solve the bump , because the airbag puss at dashboard

Many many many times. Took me the best part of two days the first time. Now I can do it in under 3 hours.

hy ,

If u know how to remove, tell me please,?

What is first step,second etc.

Need to solve this problem befor the dashboard crack , because the airbag push up.

badboy20cm said:

hy ,

If u know how to remove, tell me please,?

What is first step,second etc.

Need to solve this problem befor the dashboard crack , because the airbag push up.

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I’ll do a video one day. I’ll have to type it out.

no need a video, just tell the stept, ex:


1remove first the gear plastic frame,
2 remove the stering frame

et et

Yes I will, as I said I’ll type it out when I get a chance.