Whistle/Wind Noise in Passenger Compartment of Vehicle Near Shifter/Floor Console Area (Replace Automatic Transmission Shift Cable)

Some customers may comment on a noise in the passenger compartment that may sound like air being blown through a small hole. The noise may be more noticeable in the shifter/floor console area of the vehicle.

The cause may be normal transmission noise transmitted into the vehicle through the automatic transmission shift cable.

Follow the service procedure below to correct this condition:

1. Open the hood and install fender covers.
2. Remove the console. Refer to Console Replacement in Instrument Panel, Gages, and Console. Refer to SI Document ID #1238124.
3. Using a J 36346, disconnect the shifter cable from the control assembly pin.
4. Remove the shifter cable from the control assembly.
5. Remove the driver's side under dash close out panel.
6. Reposition the carpet on the left side of the center console mounting bracket near the accelerator pedal.
7. Remove the two bolts retaining the dash center support to the floor pan on the left side.
8. Reposition the left side of the dash center support bracket away from the bracket mounted to the floor pan to gain clearance to remove the shift cable from the vehicle.
9. Reposition the insulator on the bulk head around the shift cable.
10. Pull the shift cable seal out of the bulk head.
11. Reposition the coolant reserve/surge tank.
12. Remove the shift cable form the transmission shift lever.
13. Remove the metal retaining clip from the shift cable at the shift cable bracket.
14. Remove the shift cable from the bracket.
15. Remove the shift cable from the vehicle.
16. Install the new shift cable, P/N 10358324, through the bulk head from inside of the vehicle.
17. Seat the shift control cable seal into the bulk head.
18. Install the shift cable into the cable bracket on the transmission.
19. Reinstall the metal retaining clip.

Important: All shifter cable and park lock cable clips are one time usage only. Any service repair requiring cables to be disconnected from the transaxle control cable bracket or shifter assembly will require a cable clip replacement.

20. Attach the shift cable to the transmission shift lever.
21. Install the shift cable to the control assembly both at the base and to the pin.
22. Adjust the shift cable at the transmission, if necessary (with both shifter and transmission lever in PARK position, release and reset the "C/Locking" clip adjuster).
23. Reinstall the coolant reservoir/surge tank.
24. Reinstall the two bolts retaining the dash center support to the floor pan.

Tighten
Tighten the bolts to 10 N·m (89 lb in).

25. Reposition the carpet and the insulator on the bulk head.
26. Reinstall the driver's side under dash close out panel.
27. Reinstall the center console. Refer to Console Replacement in Instrument Panel, Gages, and Console. Refer to SI Document ID #1238124.
28. Road test the vehicle and confirm complaint noise is no longer present.

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