Sedan

HEADLINING


Removal and Installation


CAUTION:
- Disconnect the negative and positive battery terminals and wait at least 3 minutes.
- Be careful not to bend headlining during removal or installation.

NOTE:
The following components are integral to the headliner and are replaced only as an assembly:
- Personal lamp (LH/RH).
- Antenna feeder assembly.
- Roof harness assembly.

REMOVAL
1. Recline the front seats to the fully reclined position.
2. Disconnect the negative and positive battery terminals.
3. Remove front pillar finisher (RH/LH). Refer to Sedan.
4. Disconnect headlining harness and antenna feeder connectors.
5. Remove center pillar upper and rear pillar finishers. Refer to Sedan.
6. Disconnect antenna amplifier and rear window defogger connectors.





7. Release the molded clip, then remove front and rear assist grips.
8. Disconnect rear view mirror harness connector.
9. Remove the sunvisor covers and screws, and then remove sunvisors (RH/LH).
- If equipped, disconnect vanity mirror illumination harness connector.





10. Insert a suitable thin tool into the sunvisor holder notch and press in to release the locking tab.
- Rotate sunvisor holder 90 degrees and pull away from headlining to remove.
11. Remove room/map lamp assembly.
- Release the pawls and lower room/map lamp assembly away from headliner. Disconnect the room/map lamp and sunroof switch connectors, then remove the room/map lamp assembly.
12. For sunroof equipped vehicles, use a suitable tool to release dual lock fastener(s) around the sunroof opening and release the sunroof clip.
13. Release the three hidden clips near the rear edge of headliner using a suitable clip removal tool.





14. Drop headlining down and carefully rotate into position. Remove headlining through rear door opening.

CAUTION:
- When removing, two workers are required. (one for each front and rear of headlining)
- Cover center console finisher upper surface with a shop cloth to prevent damage.

INSTALLATION
Installation is in the reverse order of removal.