Instructions to Replace the Factory Radio in a 2006 Honda Pilot

From 1994 through 2002, Honda and Isuzu joined forces to create the first Honda SUV, the Isuzu-built Passport. In 2003, Honda replaced the mid-sized Passport with its Pilot a mid-sized crossover SUV based on the Odysseys platform. The 2006 Honda Pilot came standard with an AM-FM audio system and a CD player. It Pilot also had an optional cassette player available. Despite the complex appearance of the Pilots dashboard, replacing the radio is not overly difficult.

Instructions

Removal

1

Wrap the metal end of a flat-head screwdriver with a thin coat of duct tape. This protects the Pilots trim from damage while prying.

2

Look on the top of the instrument panel bezel the trim surrounding the gauges to find the two screws on the bezel. Remove these two screws with a Phillips screwdriver. Pull outward and down on the instrument panel bezel to disengage its retaining clips. Remove the instrument panel bezel and set it in a secure area.

3

Find the left-center trim panel the panel to the drivers side of the radio and pry this panel away from the dashboard with a flat-head screwdriver to disengage its retaining clips. Remove the left-center trim panel.

4

Pry around the perimeter of the radio bezel, the trim panel surrounding the radio, to disengage its retaining clips; note the radio bezel includes the center heating vents.

5

Remove the four radio-retaining screws, and slide the radio from its chassis just enough to reach the radios wiring.

6

Press and hold the unlocking button on each of the radios wiring harnesses, and pull each harness from the rear of the radio. Pull the antenna lead from the rear of the radio with a slight twisting motion. Remove the radio from the Pilot.

Installation

7

Plug the wiring harnesses into their respective receptacles on the rear of the radio the harnesses are different sizes, so each only plugs into one receptacle. Press the antenna lead into its receptacle on the rear of the radio. Slide the radio into its chassis and tighten the four radio-retaining screws.

8

Line up the clips on the rear of the radio bezel with the slots in the dashboard. Press the radio bezel onto the dashboard until the clips snap into place.

9

Set the left-center trim panel on the dashboard, lining up the clips on the rear of the panel with the slots in the dashboard. Press the left-center trim panel onto the dashboard to engage the retaining clips.

10

Position the instrument panel bezel back into place around the gauges, lining up its retaining clips with the slots in the dashboard. Press the instrument panel bezel onto the dashboard until the clips snap into place. Tighten the two instrument panel bezel screws.