Rear Parking Lock Emergency Release Cable, Removing And Installing: Removing
There is a risk of an accident from the vehicle starting to roll.
- Pull the parking brake button to activate the electro-mechanical parking brake.
-- If equipped, loosen the bracket with NOx Sensor Control Module 2 -J881- and Particulate Sensor -G784- from the tunnel crossmember and tie it up to the exhaust pipe. Refer to OVERVIEW - HEATED OXYGEN SENSOR (3.0L) , OVERVIEW - HEATED OXYGEN SENSOR (4.0L) .
-- Release the retainers in direction of -arrows A- and slide the sleeve -1- on the emergency release cable in the direction of -arrow B-.
-- Disengage the rear emergency release cable from the front emergency release cable in direction of -arrow C-.
-- Free up the rear emergency release cable on the bracket -1- and push the grommet -2- toward the inside.
-- Move the driver seat in the rearmost and highest position.
-- Remove the A-pillar lower trim panel. Refer to A-PILLAR TRIM PANEL, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
-- Push the carpet in the driver footwell slightly upward.
-- Remove the nuts -arrow-.
-- Guide the rear emergency release cable -1- through the hole in the center tunnel toward the inside, and remove it.