Tesla Model 3: Overhead Console - Front (Remove and Replace)
Remove
- Release the clips (x2) that attach the front overhead console to the
headliner, and then lower the console from the headliner.
Caution:
To avoid damaging the headliner, do not pry against the headliner.
Insert a 90 degree trim tool near the dome light and pull downwards to release
the clip, and then move to the other side to release the remaining clip.
- Disconnect the electrical connector from the front overhead console.
- Remove the front overhead console from the overhead console.
Install
- Connect the front overhead console electrical connector.
- Push upwards the front overhead console into the headliner and attach it
with clips (x2)
- Connect a laptop with Toolbox to the vehicle.
- In Toolbox, type "VFOHC" in the search tab.
Note: Make sure "Actions" is selected in Toolbox, if not
already.
- In Toolbox, navigate to "TESTSELF_ VCLEFT_X_VFOHC" and press play.
- Use Toolbox to update the vehicle firmware.
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Remove
Release the clips (x2) that attach the rear overhead console to the
headliner, and then lower the console from the headliner.
Caution:
To avoid damaging the headliner, do not pry
Remove
Open the hood.
Release the clips that attach the hood latch cover to the body.
Tip: Grab the cover from the bottom, and then pull it
upward to release the clips.
Disconne
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Install
Install the LH front upper control arm into the front upper control arm
mount, and then install and hand-tighten the bolts (x2) that attach the
control arm to the mount.
Install the FUCA ride height tool onto the front upper control arm mount
at the rear outer mounting hole.
Model 3 is equipped with an event data
recorder (EDR). The main purpose of an EDR
is to record, in certain crash or near crash-like
situations, such as an air bag deployment or
hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in
understanding how a vehicle's systems
performed. The EDR is des