Console: Service and Repair
Center Console
The gearshift cover for manual transmission or automatic transmission cars clips into place on the front part of the console.
- To remove the console, first remove the handle and trim from the parking brake lever.
- Remove the handle by releasing the retainer underneath.
- To remove the rear part of the console, remove the ashtray and the two screws beneath it at the rear of the console.
- Remember to disconnect the ashtray light.
- Press down on the locking tabs at the front, and remove the console toward the rear. Installation is the reverse of removal.
- Make sure that the guide under the console engages the "T" retainer.
- The front part of the console is held in place by the nuts, screws and retainer pins as shown.
- Remember to disconnect any harness connectors from behind the console as you remove it.