Center Console, Comfort

Storage Compartments, Covers and Trim

Center Console, Comfort

• To provide a better overview, the seats are not shown in the following illustration. It is not necessary to remove the seats.

Removal

- Remove footwell trim. Refer to => [ Footwell Trim ] Footwell Trim

- Remove front ashtray or front compartment. Refer to => [ Front Ashtray or Front Compartment ] Front Ashtray or Front Compartment

- Remove Infotainment trim. Refer to => [ Infotainment Trim ] Infotainment Trim

- Remove the cover, "Climatronic/Climatic". Refer to => [ Climatronic and Climatic Cover ] Climatronic and Climatic Cover

Vehicles without "Climatronic/Climatic"

- Remove heater and ventilation controls.

"Climatic" A/C System with Manual Control

Remove the heater and A/C controls, Climatic.

"Climatronic" A/C System with Automatic Control

- Remove the A/C Display Control Head, Climatronic (E87) and Climatronic Control Module (J255).

- Remove rear trim. Refer to => [ Rear Trim ] Rear Trim

- Remove the two bolts - 1 -.

- Remove the two nuts - 2 -.

• In order to remove screws - 4 -, - 6 -,- 7 - and - 8 -, seats must be moved accordingly.

- Remove cover cap - 3 - and remove screw - 4 -.

- Remove cover cap - 5 - and remove screw - 6 -.

- Remove bolts - 7 - and - 8 -.

- Raise center console in rear area.

Vehicles with an AUX-In socket in the center console

- Remove the AUX IN socket.

- Loosen the center console from the centering tabs - 9 - in the center console.





Installation

- Insert center console in the two centering tabs - 9 - in instrument panel.

• Check whether heating and cooling channels - 10 - are precisely fit to the heating and cooling channels in the center console.

Vehicles with an AUX-In socket in the center console

- Install the AUX IN socket.

- Secure center console with two screws - 1 - (1.5 Nm).

- Bolt in center console in rear area with two nuts - 2 - (6 Nm).

- Secure center console in rear left side area with bolt - 4 - (6 Nm) and seal opening with cover cap - 3 -.

- Secure center console in rear right side area with bolt - 6 - (6 Nm) and seal opening with cover cap - 5 -.

- Secure center console in center and side area with two bolts - 7 - and - 8 - (1.5 Nm).





Rest of installation of center console is the reverse order of removal.