Removal Procedure
WARNING: This page is about a different variant/trim than selected.
- Raise the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle in General Information.
- Remove the oil pan and filter. Refer to Automatic Transmission Fluid/Filter Replacement .
- Remove the park/neutral position switch. Refer to Park/Neutral Position Switch Replacement .
- Remove the manual shaft nut and the pin.
- Remove the detent lever and the actuator assembly.
- Remove the bolts and the parking pawl bracket.
- Remove the parking pawl return spring.
- Use the modified screw extractor in order to remove the plug.
- Remove the parking pawl shaft retainer, the shaft and the pawl.
- Remove the manual shaft.
- Remove the manual shaft seal.
IMPORTANT:
If the manual shaft binds in the case during removal, file or sand the shaft in the area adjacent to the detent lever.