Headliner: Service and Repair

REMOVAL

All vehicles
1. Remove the front seats.
2. If equipped, remove the floor console.
3. If equipped, remove the overhead console.







4. Remove the front door weatherstrips.







5. Remove the windshield side garnish mouldings.







6. Remove the interior sun visors and the center receptacles.
- Disconnect the electrical connectors.
7. Remove the B-pillar trim panel.







8. Remove the screws and the passenger assist handles.
9. Remove the rear quarter trim panel.
10. Disconnect the headliner harness electrical connector at the RH C-pillar.







11. Remove the pin-type retainers.

Vehicles with roof opening panel







12. Remove the headliner retainer.
13. Position the headliner.
- Pull down the sides of the headliner above the door openings.

Vehicles without roof opening panel
14. Using a hot knife or wide-blade putty knife, cut adhesive beads lengthwise across the headliner.

NOTE: Pull down the sides of headliner above the door openings to expose adhesive beads.

All vehicles
15. Remove the headliner through the front door opening.

NOTE: A new headliner must be installed if the headliner is folded in half for removal.

Vehicles without roof opening panel
16. Clean any remaining adhesive from the roof sheet metal.

INSTALLATION
1. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
- Vehicles with roof opening panel, do not apply adhesive to the headliner.
- Vehicles without roof opening panel, apply adhesive to the headliner using the existing pattern.

NOTE: A new headliner will need to be installed if it is folded during removal or installation.