How can I remove the USB/12V/3.5mm panel?

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Lecit
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How can I remove the USB/12V/3.5mm panel?

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Hello,

The car is Citroen C1 Mk2

I want to see what happened to the cabling behind the 3.5mm (someone accidentally applied too much vertical force on an aux cable that was plugged in and ruined it).

This is the panel I'm talking about: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333885297187

When I try to take the panel out by pulling it, I can hear the bottom 2 clips releasing, however it gets stuck on the top part. Looks like there are flaps/pins under the bigger dashboard and I don't want to break anything

Will I need to actually disassemble everything around it? i.e. the radio panel as well? Or it's something simpler

Thanks
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Re: How can I remove the USB/12V/3.5mm panel?

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I'm confused why you're linking to an item on eBay that is stated as being for a Toyota Aygo? But if you're wondering what holds it in, why not ask the seller in the eBay listing for pictures of the back of that panel, and use that to give you a clue what holds it in?
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Re: How can I remove the USB/12V/3.5mm panel?

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The Citroen C1, Peugeot 107 and Toyota Aygo are basically the same car with different badges.
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Re: How can I remove the USB/12V/3.5mm panel?

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You'll have to take the fascia off I think in order to get behind it to access the the AUX / USB assembly.
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Re: How can I remove the USB/12V/3.5mm panel?

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I know it's been a while but I finally tried to actually do it, and I realized it was much simpler than I thought. No need to remove anything other than the plastic panel.

You can watch this video:

In the video it's a Toyota Aygo with a slightly different Stereo system but all the plastic is the same.

You just need to watch it until the part where he removes the dashboard trim (up to around 0:45)

Then grab the aux panel with both hands and start to pull while wiggling it slightly from side to side and it will pull right off, but don't pull it a lot further once it's out because there are cables connected to it.

At first I stopped right at this step because I felt like I am applying too much force and though I am about to break something but eventually I just gave it a try like he explained in the video that it's just how those clips work and it worked!

Then you need to find the replacement part. Just make sure that you buy the part with the aux electronic unit and not just the plastic cover. (it comes with a cable attached to a little aux unit with 6 pins which is the one that broke but I did not find it sold separately), or get specifically the little aux module which has part number 9805404777