Special tools and workshop equipment required
Removing
- Move the front seats all the way forward.
- Using either the -T10383/1- or by hand, unclip the trim -1- from the center console in the direction of -arrows-.
- Remove the trim toward the rear from the center console.
- Disconnect the connectors.

Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
Installation instructions: For example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Center Console".
Center Console Insert, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Removing
- Remove the center console decorative trim. Refer to → Chapter "Center Console Decorative Trim, Removing and Installing".
- Versions with gearshift lever: Lift the shift lever boot -1- by hand or carefully pry it out at the side using the -3409--arrows- and fold it upward.
- Versions with selector lever: Remove the selector lever handle. Refer to → Rep. Gr.34; Gearshift Mechanism; Selector Lever Handle, Removing and Installing.

- Starting at the back, unclip the center console insert upward from the center console -arrow- using the -3409-.
- Disengage the remaining retainers for the center console insert.
- Carefully turn the center console insert -1-, disconnect the connectors and remove them.

Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
Installation instructions: For example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Center Console".
Front Center Console Storage Compartment, Removing and Installing
Center Console, Removing and Installing
Front Center Armrest
Exhaust System, Emissions Controls
Clamp on Triple Roller Joint and Outer Joint, Tensioning