Remove Lower Dash Under steering wheel

[Chain Saw]

I have to get at my BCM, have removed from my 2009 Yukon the 2 screws but the lower dash is still solidly hooked up. I am not flexible enough to get my fat head under to look. Are there more clips or something? I also spotted a bolt under the brake release is that it?

 

[OR VietVet]

Can't help you with this concern but.......the irony of a member with a screen name of @Chain Saw asking for access info just makes me giggle.

The least you could have done was wait till I had my second cup of coffee.

Besides that, this post is in the wrong section. Hopefully a mod can help move it so you get more responses.

 

[Chain Saw]

The name was given to me by friends 50 years ago for reasons I don't think need discussion here. It has always cause some talk

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Hang in there, and knowledgeable folks in this Forum will assist you. I replaced my BCM a few years ago, and I do not remember the exact details on the trim removal to get at the BCM. I do remember that it was not all that difficult, though.

@swathdiver

 

[swathdiver]

I have to get at my BCM, have removed from my 2009 Yukon the 2 screws but the lower dash is still solidly hooked up. I am not flexible enough to get my fat head under to look. Are there more clips or something? I also spotted a bolt under the brake release is that it?

Yes, you have to remove that 10mm bolt near the parking brake release, then you can remove the knee bolster panel.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Yes, you have to remove that 10mm bolt near the parking brake release, then you can remove the knee bolster panel.

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Thanks, @swathdiver . As always, your knowledge and willingness to share (as well as many other members of this Forum) help make this Forum as successful as it is.

 

[swathdiver]

Thanks, @swathdiver . As always, your knowledge and willingness to share (as well as many other members of this Forum) help make this Forum as successful as it is.

Thank Joe and back at ya!

 

[me51]

I have read a couple of times that people have to replace the BCM on these vehicles, what causes them to break or what issue do they develop?

 

[swathdiver]

I have read a couple of times that people have to replace the BCM on these vehicles, what causes them to break or what issue do they develop?

Solder joints break from age/vibration usually. Other times components on the motherboards fail, like the memory chips.

 

[Chain Saw]

Yes, you have to remove that 10mm bolt near the parking brake release, then you can remove the knee bolster panel.

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Thank you!!