COIN BOX REPLACEMENT FOR 2002 HONDA CIVIC LX (CANADIAN)
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1. This is what the coin box unit looks like.
2. The coin box unit is held in 4 places (indicated in red circles). There are 2 tabs at the top and 2 clips at the bottom.
3. The part # of the coin box unit is 77751-S5A. The color is denoted by the alphanumeric characters after the S5A. Cost of the unit is about $20-$25 CAD. Make sure you call ALL Honda dealerships in your area because I find that their prices on an item are different.
4. To the bottom left side of the steering wheel is the coin box unit. Open the coin box itself and you’ll see a screw (indicated in a red circle) in the top middle. Take off the screw.
5. Just beneath the steering wheel and fuse box panel, there is a plastic panel which runs horizontally. To take it off, there is a knob (indicated in a red circle) which you turn to loosen the screw. Slide the panel out by pulling it towards the rear of the car and, at the same time, pull it down.
6. After the plastic panel is out, if pop your head beneath the steering wheel and look at the back of the coin box, you’ll see that the bottom of the coin box unit is held in to the grooves by the clips (indicated in red circles and mentioned in #2).
7. The top part of the unit is held in by the tabs (indicated in red circles and mentioned in #2). To take out the top part of the coin box unit, slide your fingernails or a flathead screwdriver into the gap and pry the top part of the unit out gently.
After the top part is out, gently rock the unit back and forth ever so slightly and at the same time pull it upward and towards the rear of the car. Keep in mind that there arully yank on the coin box unit. It may take some time before the clips at the bottom and behind the unit are set free from the grooves (mentioned in #6).
8. The coin box unit should now be out. Depending on what you have for switches (cruise, side mirrors, etc.) disconnect the harnesses that feed into switches.
9. Now that the coin box unit is completely out, you can see the grooves which the clips the bottom and behind the coin box go into (indicated in red circles and mentioned in #2 and #6).
10. Here’s a picture of the back of the old coin box unit. The switches are held in to the coin box unit by various tabs and clips (indicated in red circles) at the bottom…
…and at the top.
To take out the switches from the coin box unit, just press on the tabs and push them out from the back (or pull them out from the front).
11. If you have the side mirror switch, you may have to insert a flathead screwdriver into the gap and gently pry the bottom out.
12. Once the bottom of the mirror switch is out, when you try to pull the mirror switch out, you probably have to press on those tabs at the top of the switch (indicated in red circles).
13. The clip that resides at the bottom of the mirror switch may come off. Just slide it back on…
14. Transfer all the switches to your new coin box unit (shown above).
15. Now put everything (reconnect harnesses, insert bottom clips of coin box unit into grooves, insert top tabs of coin box unit into grooves, slide plastic panel back on, put middle screw back on) back in the reverse order. One thing to note about is the plastic panel…
At the back middle of the plastic middle, you’ll find a tab (indicated in red circle) that sticks out. That tab has to slide into a groove (indicated in yellow circle) that is against the firewall.
At the left and right side of the plastic panel, you’ll find clips (indicated in red circles). Those clips have to slide into the grooves as show in the pictures below (indicated in yellow circles).
