Center Console Insert, Removing And Installing: Removing

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-- Pull the parking brake button to set the electro-mechanical parking brake.

-- Versions with a selector lever: move the selector lever into "D/S".

-- Switch off the ignition.

-- Carefully pry out the selector lever/shift lever boot using the : T10383/1 in direction of -arrow- and stretch upward.

Fig 1: Identifying Wedge

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-- Equipment versions with selector lever: Remove the Selector Lever Transmission Range Position Display Unit -Y26-. Refer to SELECTOR LEVER TRANSMISSION RANGE POSITION DISPLAY UNIT -Y26-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the center console decorative trim. Refer to CENTER CONSOLE DECORATIVE TRIM, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the front liner mat from the center console. Refer to -Item ) Center Console with Standard Equipment - List Item: Liner Mat

NOTE:

There is an opening on the inside of the center console insert -arrow B- which is at approximately the same height level as the MMI control wheel, where the : 80-200 can be inserted in direction of -arrow A-. Guide the : 80-200 in from above at a slight angle, so that it can be set at the lower edge of the center console insert -arrow C-.

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-- Set the : 80-200 on the center console insert as described and pry the insert out of the clamping -arrow-.

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-- Repeat the procedure on the opposite side.

-- Grip the center console insert from underneath by hand and carefully remove it upward from the center console A arrows.

-- Pull the center console toward the rear, remove over the selector lever/gearshift lever, and disconnect the connector.