Console: Service and Repair
CONSOLE-FLOORREMOVAL
1. Apply the parking brake.
2. Turn the ignition switch to the On position, apply the service brakes and place the gear selector lever into the Neutral position.
3. Turn the ignition switch to the Off position and release the service brakes.
NOTE: For vehicles equipped with the optional Automatic Express Up power window feature, calibration of this feature is required whenever power to the door module is disrupted. A battery reconnect procedure must be performed anytime the battery has been disconnected. Refer to Battery / Service and Repair.
4. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
5. Remove the mat (2) from the cubby bin at the front of the floor console.
6. Open the lid of the console rear bin and remove the mat (3) from the rear bin.
7. Remove the two screws (1) that secure the front of the console shifter bezel to the console.
8. Using a trim stick unsnap the console bezel from the console
9. Remove the shifter bezel from around the gear selector lever.
10. Remove the three 8 mm bolts (2) from the rear bin that secure the console to the floor panel transmission tunnel.
11. Remove the two screws (3) that secure the front of the console to the instrument panel.
12. Slide the console rearward far enough to access and disconnect the jumper wire connector (4) from the accessory power outlet on the underside of the console.
13. Remove the floor console from the vehicle.
INSTALLATION
1. Position the floor console into the vehicle rearward far enough to access and reconnect the jumper wire connector (4) to the accessory power outlet on the underside of the console.
2. While holding both sides of the console at the front carefully engage the ears at the front of the console to the slots (5) at the lower instrument panel.
3. Locate the two alignment holes at the front of the console over the two alignment pins on the instrument panel.
4. Engage the locating pin on the underside of the console rear bin into the slot in the top of the floor panel transmission tunnel.
5. Install and tighten the two screws (3) that secure the front of the console to the instrument panel. Tighten the screws to 3 N.m (23 in.lbs.).
6. Install and tighten the three 8 mm bolts (2) into the rear bin that secure the console to the floor panel transmission tunnel. Tighten the bolts to 5 N.m (40 in.lbs.).
7. Position the console shifter bezel (4) over the gear selector lever.
8. Position the tabs on the underside of the console shifter bezel into the holes in the floor console.
9. Install and tighten the two screws (1) that secure the front of the console shifter bezel to the console. Tighten the screws to 3 N.m (23 in.lbs.).
10. Position the mat (5) into the console rear bin with the curved edge oriented forward in the vehicle.
11. Position the mat (2) into the cubby bin at the front of the floor console.
12. Firmly push shifter trim ring (4) down the to position it to the gear selector.
13. Place the gear selector lever into the Park position.
NOTE: For vehicles equipped with the optional Automatic Express Up power window feature, calibration of this feature is required whenever power to the door module is disrupted. A battery reconnect procedure must be performed anytime the battery has been disconnected. Refer to Battery / Service and Repair.
14. Reconnect the battery negative cable.