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How do I take the console apart on a 2001 STS?

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Posted by: JayBay

My roommate has a 2001 STS, and the black plastic/rubber thing around the shifter (underneath the woodgrain console surface - in the channel where the shifter travels) is all mucked up, and binding up the shifter. I'm figuring that the easiest short term fix is to remove this piece, but I'm not sure as to how to take the console apart without breaking plastic. I've examined it, and there doesn't appear to be any screws on the surface, so I'm guessing it's a matter of knowing the right places to pry - I just don't know the right places. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Posted by: Dadillac

Open center console, and remove two screws holding down latch lock.

Press in on cupholder, while sliding cupholder surround straight skyward

Using a flat tool, insert under woodgrain panel by cupholder, and carefully pry upward

There are four clips holding the wood panel in place

Disconnect wiring and remove panel

You are now exposing the shifter. That is where I end, as I have no idea how to disassemble the shifter

Don

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