Selector Lever
Selector LeverSelector Lever:
Removal
MKX only
1. Using a suitable tool, remove the selector lever trim ring.
All vehicles
2. Lift the armrest. Using a suitable tool, remove the center console trim cover.
3. Remove the 2 fasteners and position aside the power outlet trim cover.
4. Remove the selector lever cable end from the selector lever.
5. Release the 2 tabs and remove the selector lever cable from the selector lever housing.
6. Disconnect the selector lever electrical connector.
7. Remove the bolts and the selector lever.
Installation
All vehicles
1. Install the selector lever and the bolts.
^ Tighten to 12 Nm (9 lb-ft).
2. Connect the selector lever electrical connector.
3. NOTE: When installing the selector lever cable, make sure that the selector lever cable locking tabs are locked in place and the selector lever cable end is snapped onto the ball stud. Press the selector lever cable into the selector lever cable bracket and listen for the cable to click in place. Pull back on the selector lever cable to make sure that it is locked into the selector lever cable bracket. Also make sure that the selector lever cable end is correctly installed onto the ball stud. Pull back on the selector lever cable end to make sure that the selector lever cable end is correctly installed.
Install the selector lever cable in the selector lever housing.
4. Place the selector lever in REVERSE.
5. Disconnect the selector lever cable end from the manual control lever.
6. Install the selector lever cable end on the selector lever.
7. Place the selector lever in DRIVE.
8. Position the power outlet trim cover in place and install the 2 fasteners.
9. Install the center console trim cover.
MKX only
10. Install the selector lever trim ring.
All vehicles
11. Place the manual control lever in DRIVE.
1. Rotate the manual control lever clockwise until it stops.
2. Rotate the manual control lever counterclockwise one detent.
12. Unlock the adjuster.
1. Pry the latch up.
2. Push the lock tab to slide it over.
13. Slide the selector lever cable end forward or backward to align it with the manual control lever.
14. With the adjuster locking tab released, connect the selector lever cable end to the manual control lever.
15. Slide the release tab back to lock the adjuster.
16. Verify that the vehicle starts in PARK and NEUTRAL only and that the reverse lamps illuminate in REVERSE.