Active Grille Shutter: Removal

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2018 Lincoln Navigator. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

NOTE: Removal steps in this procedure may contain installation details.

Upper active grille shutter

Remove the headlamp assemblies. Refer to: Headlamp Assembly .
Disconnect the electrical connectors and detach the wire harness retainer.

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Disconnect the electrical connectors and detach the wire harness retainer.

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Disconnect the hood latch release cable and detach the cable retainer.

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Remove the retainers and separate the air deflector from the active grille shutter.

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Remove the bolts and remove the upper active grille shutter.
Torque

:1: 36 lb.in (4.1 Nm)2: 159 lb.in (18 Nm)

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NOTE: This step is only necessary when installing a new component.

Remove the ambient air temperature sensor.

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Lower active grille shutter
Remove the front bumper. Refer to: Front Bumper .
9.Remove the CCM Refer to: Cruise Control Module (CCM) .
Disconnect the active grille actuator electrical connector.

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Remove the pin-type retainers and position aside the wire harness.

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Remove the bolts.
Torque

: 97 lb.in (11 Nm)

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Remove the lower active grille shutter.
1. Lift up the lower active grill shutter.
2. Pull out and remove the lower active grille shutter.

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