Shift Interlock Solenoid: Service and Repair

Brake Shift Interlock Actuator

Removal and Installation

1. WARNING: On vehicles equipped with an auxiliary battery, both the negative and positive battery cables must be disconnected.

WARNING: On vehicles equipped with a 6.0L engine, both the primary and secondary batteries must be disconnected.

Disconnect the battery.





2. Remove the instrument panel steering column cover, the driver side knee brace and the instrument panel steering column opening cover reinforcement.
^ To install, tighten to 9 Nm (80 inch lbs.).





3. Disconnect all necessary harness connectors and separate the harness bracket from the steering column.





4. Remove the shift indicator cable and position it aside.





5. Remove the nuts and lower the steering column.
^ To install, tighten to 15 Nm (11 ft. lbs.).





6. Remove the shift lock actuator and disconnect the harness connector.





7. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
^ Tighten to 9 Nm (80 inch lbs.).
8. Make sure the shift cable and the shift indicator cable are correctly adjusted. Verify shift lock actuator operation.