SECTION 501-12: Instrument Panel and Console
2014 Flex Workshop Manual
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
Procedure revision date: 05/02/2013

Console — Front, Floor


Item Part Number Description
1 672A40 Floor console rear lower bolt cover
2 W505424 Front floor console rear lower bolt (2 required)
3 7E391 Selector lever trim ring
4 W710338 Floor console finish panel retaining clip (3 required)
5 045A76 Floor console finish panel
6 04608 RH/ 04609 LH Floor console trim panel
7 W710338 Floor console trim panel retaining clip (10 required)
8 W713267 Floor console trim panel pin-type retainer (2 required)
9 W505424 Front floor console lower bolt (4 required)
10 W707628 Floor console upper bolt (2 required)
11 13530 Floor console rear storage compartment
12 — Floor console electrical connector (part of 045A36)
13 14D202 Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable connection
14 045A36 Floor console
15 7406064 Latch

Removal and Installation

  1. Apply the parking brake.
  1. Place the selector lever in the NEUTRAL position.
  1. Position the front seats forward.
  1. Remove the LH and RH front floor console rear lower bolt covers.
  1. Remove the 2 front floor console rear lower bolts.
  1. Position the front seats rearward.
  1. Remove the selector lever trim ring.
  1. Remove the floor console finish panel.
    1. Lift upward and open the storage compartment lid.
    1. Lift the floor console finish panel upward to release the retaining clips.
    1. If equipped, disconnect the electrical connector.
  1. Pull the middle and rear of the LH and RH floor console trim panels outward to release the retaining clips.
  1. Pull the front of the LH and RH floor console trim panels downward to detach the trim panel from the pin-type retainers.

  1. NOTICE: Damage to the floor console may occur if cardboard is not used to remove the floor console trim panels.

    NOTE: LH floor console trim panel shown, RH floor console trim panel similar.

    Position a piece of cardboard between the LH and RH floor console trim panels and the floor console.
  1. Remove the LH floor console trim panel and cardboard simultaneously.
  1. Remove the RH floor console trim panel and cardboard simultaneously.
  1. Remove the 4 front floor console lower bolts.
  1. Remove the 2 floor console upper bolts.
  1. Disconnect the floor console bulkhead connector and the Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable connector.
  1. Disconnect the selector lever cable from the selector lever.
  1. Remove the selector cable from the selector lever cable bracket.

  1. NOTE: During installation, verify the Restraints Control Module (RCM) connections are fully seated.

    Remove the floor console.
  1. To install, reverse the removal procedure.