Shift Interlock Cable: Service and Repair

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate, the battery negative cable from the vehicle battery.
2. Remove console assembly.
3. Remove the gearshift knob set screw and knob.
4. Remove the screws retaining the gearshift indicator bezel and remove bezel and indicator lamp.

Fig. 16:

5. Pry up the adjuster lock on the shifter/ignition interlock cable. Unsnap the shifter/ignition interlock cable end fitting from the groove in the gearshift mechanism (Fig. 16).
6. Remove the cable core end from the plastic cam of the shifter mechanism.
7. Pull cable up and out of the gearshift mechanism.
8. Remove the three screws along the bottom of the lower steering column cover and screw on the left outward face of cover.
9. Grasp the cover and pull rearward until the clips disengage.
10. Remove two screws at the upper area of the column liner and lower left comer.
11. Remove steering column cover and steering column cover liner.
12. Lift up the top cover and cluster bezel until the clips disengage and separate to provide clearance.
13. Insert a screwdriver into access hole in the lower shroud. Depress the cylinder button while rotating the cylinder with the key inserted between the ON and START positions. This will disengage the cylinder from the column.
14. Pull out the key cylinder.
15. Remove the three lower-to-upper shroud attaching screws through the bottom of the lower shroud.
16. Separate the upper and lower shrouds.

Fig. 17:

17. Grasp the interlock cable clip and connector. Remove the cable from the interlock housing (Fig. 17).
18. Unclip the cable from the retaining clip located within the wiring harness.
19. Remove interlock cable from under center console mounting bracket and out front of dash panel.

INSTALLATION

CAUTION: When installing interlock cable assembly, care must be taken not to bend exposed cable wire and slug at shifter end of cable.

1. Route interlock cable into lower dash panel.
2. Install the ignition switch into housing. Turn the ignition switch to the RUN position.

Fig. 18:

3. Install the interlock cable into the interlock housing at the steering column (Fig. 18). Verify the cable snaps into the housing.
4. Install interlock cable into routing clip located within the wiring harness.
5. Route interlock cable to the console.
6. Install the cable core end to the plastic cam of the shifter mechanism. Snap the shifter/ignition interlock cable end fitting into the groove in the gearshift mechanism.
7. Adjust the Shifter/Ignition Interlock System.
8. Perform the Shifter/Ignition Interlock System operation check.
9. Install console assembly.
10. Install screws retaining the gearshift indicator bezel and install bezel and indicator lamp.
11. Install the gearshift knob set screw and knob.
12. Install two screws at the upper area of the column liner and lower left corner.
13. Snap the clips in at the lower column cover. Install the three screws along the bottom of the lower steering column cover and screw on the left outward face of cover.
14. Install key cylinder.
15. Position the shrouds in place. Install the three lower-to-upper shroud attaching screws through the bottom of the lower shroud.
16. Reinstall the ignition lock cylinder into housing.
17. Reconnect the battery negative (-) cable to the vehicle battery.

INTERLOCK SYSTEM ADJUSTMENT
If ignition switch cannot be turned to the LOCK position, with shifter in PARK, an adjustment of the Interlock System may be required. To adjust Shifter/Ignition Interlock System, follow procedure listed below.
1. Disconnect and isolate, the battery negative (-) cable from the vehicle battery.
2. Remove console assembly.
3. Remove the gearshift knob set screw and knob.
4. Remove the screws retaining the gearshift indicator bezel and remove bezel and indicator lamp.
5. Reinstall the gearshift knob.
6. Place shifter in PARK.
7. Turn ignition switch to the LOCK or ACCESSORY position. If cable has lost its adjustment, manually position cable to get key into LOCK or ACCESSORY position. Grasp slug on interlock cable with needle nose pliers and pull back on cable. This will allow the ignition switch to be turned to the LOCK or ACCESSORY position.
8. Check that the interlock cable slug is completely seated into the shifter interlock lever.
9. Check that the ignition switch is still in the LOCK or ACCESSORY position.

Fig. 19:

10. Pry up the adjuster lock on the shifter/ignition interlock cable (Fig. 19).
11. Place a 1 mm (0.040) shim between the larger diameter portion of the shifter gate pin and the plastic cam (Fig. 19).
12. The spring on the interlock cable should automatically compensate for the slack in the adjuster.
13. Snap down the interlock adjuster lock onto the cable and remove the shim.
14. After adjusting the interlock system, perform the Interlock System Operation Check in Adjustments.