Removal

REMOVAL

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supplemental restraint system before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, occupant classification system, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the supplemental restraint system. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury, never strike or drop the side impact sensor, as it can damage the impact sensor or affect its calibration. The side impact sensor enables the system to deploy the side Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) components. If an impact sensor is accidentally dropped during service, the sensor must be scrapped and replaced with a new unit. Failure to observe this warning could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper side SRS component deployment.





1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Remove the sliding door sill plate.
a. Using a trim stick C-4755 or equivalent, pull up on the inside edge of the sill plate (1) to disengage the clips from the body (3).
b. Carefully disengage the retaining tabs from the lower B-Pillar trim panel and rear quarter trim panel (2).
c. Remove the sill plate from the vehicle.




3. Remove the front door sill plate.
a. Using a trim stick C-4755 or equivalent, pull up on the inside edge of the sill plate (1) to disengage the retaining clips (3) from the body (2).
b. Carefully disengage the retaining tab from the lower B-Pillar trim panel and remove the sill plate.




4. Remove the lower B-Pillar trim panel.
a. Using a trim stick C-4755 or equivalent, pull the B-Pillar trim panel away from the B-Pillar (3) to disengage the retaining clips (2).
b. Disconnect the power sliding door B-Pillar switch electrical connector and remove the trim panel.




5. Disconnect the sliding door wire harness connector from the bottom of the sliding door (1).
6. Using door trim panel tool C-4829 or equivalent, remove the wire harness routing clips (2) from the sliding door and the top of the sliding door lower hinge.




7. Pull locking tab (2) forward to release the rear wire harness chain link clip. Pull the chain link (1) down off of the mounting pin on the sliding door lower hinge.




8. Disconnect the second row seating side impact sensor electrical connector (5).
9. Using door trim panel tool C-4829 or equivalent, remove the wire harness routing clips located under the drive assembly (3) and near the B-pillar (2).
10. Disconnect the wire harness connector at the B-pillar (1).
11. Pull the harness (4) out of the body channel and remove from vehicle.