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Removing and Installing Selector Console



Removing and installing selector console (as of MY 2002)

Removing selector support

1. Removing selector knob.
2. Remove center console.
3. Press together the retaining clip on the keylock cable -A- and lift adjuster -B- up out of the support bracket (see enlarged view 1).





4. Disengage cable nipple -C-.
5. Disengage selector lever cable -D- on the selector support. To do this, slide the locking sleeve -E- forward as far as it will go and turn it clockwise to removal position (see enlarged view 2).
6. Carefully disengage support bracket sleeve -F- upward out of the selector support. Unlock the support bracket sleeves by pressing in both plastic clips (see enlarged view 3).
7. Unscrew fastening nuts -G- for selector support.
8. Disconnect electrical plug connections -A- and remove the selector support.





Installing selector support

Information
^ Install in reverse order to removal.

1. Insert selector support and connect electrical plug connections.
2. Tighten fastening nuts.

Tightening torque: 10 Nm (7.5 ftlb.)





3. Insert support bracket sleeve on the selector lever cable in the support bracket on the selector support. Make sure the two plastic clips engage properly. (See enlarged view)





4. Push selector lever cable all the way back (see enlarged view), shifting the transmission into parking position.
5. Move selector lever to position P.





6. Engage the selector lever cable into the open adjuster and close the adjuster (see enlarged bubble). The locking sleeve on the adjuster must move to the end position automatically.
7. Engage cable nipple in the keylock lever.
8. Insert adjuster on the keylock cable into the support bracket. Make sure the two retaining clips engage properly.
9. Install center console.
10. Installing selector knob.