Removal and Installation

REMOVAL
1. Move the select lever to the "N" position.
2. Remove rear exhaust pipe and muffler.





3. Remove heat shield cover.





4. Disconnect cable from select lever and then remove cable bracket.
5. Remove console box.





6. Disconnect the connectors, then remove the four bolts to take out the selector lever assembly from the body.

INSTALLATION
1. Mount the select lever onto the vehicle body.





2. Tighten the four bolts to install the selector lever to the vehicle body, then connect connector.
Tightening torque: 13 Nm (1.3 kgf-cm, 9.4 ft. lbs.)
3. Install console box.
4. Set location of select lever at "N" position.
5. Set location of select arm installed on the transmission body at "N" position.
6. Insert the thread portion of the other inner cable and into the connector hole of the selector lever, and fix the other outer cable end to the bracket.
Tightening torque: 18 Nm (1.8 kgf-cm, 13.0 ft. lbs.)
7. Adjust the select cable.
8. After completion of fitting, make sure that the selector lever operates smoothly across the entire operating range.
9. Connect the harnesses and check the following items.
(1) The engine starts operating when selector lever is in position "P", but not in other positions.
(2) The back-up light is lit when the selector lever is in position "R", but not in other positions.
10. Check shift-lock system.
(1) Ensure ignition switch rotates from "ACC" to "LOCK" when the selector lever is set at "P". Also check that ignition key can be removed only from the "LOCK" position.
(2) Ensure selector lever moves from "P" to any other position when the brake pedal is depressed with ignition key set at "ON" or "START".