Repair Procedure (Continued)

4. Remove the front door scuff plate LH.

Figure 4.

A. Put protective tape around the front door scuff
plate LH .
B. Using a plastic pry tool , detach the 10 claws
and 4 clips and remove the front door scuff
plate LH.

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5. Detach the 2 claws and partially detach the
front door opening trim cover LH from the front
pillar garnish .

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Figure 5.

NOTE
Do NOT remove the front door opening
trim cover.

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6. Remove the front pillar garnish LH .
A. Pull the upper part of the garnish toward the
inside of the cabin and detach the 2 clips.

Figure 6.

HINT
Make sure the front pillar garnish LH
hangs down from the upper front pillar
garnish clip.

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B. Turn the end of the front pillar garnish clip 90°
with needle-nose pliers in order to remove the
garnish from the A pillar.

Figure 7.

NOTE
Replace the upper front pillar garnish clips
with new ones.

HINT
Tape the tips of the needle-nose pliers
before use.

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Front Pillar Garnish Clip

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Protective Tape

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Guide

4

Front Pillar Garnish

C. Detach the bottom guide and remove the front pillar garnish LH .
D. Remove the upper front pillar garnish clip from the A pillar and discard the garnish clip.

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E. Protect the curtain shield airbag assembly by
completely covering the airbag with a cloth or
nylon sheet and secure the ends of the cover
with adhesive tape as shown in the illustration.

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NOTICE
Cover the curtain shield airbag with a
protective cover as soon as the front pillar
garnish is removed.

7. Remove the rear door scuff plate LH.

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Protective Cover

2

Adhesive Tape

Figure 9.

A. Put protective tape around the rear door scuff

plate LH .
B. Using a plastic pry tool , detach the 10 claws
and 3 clips and remove the rear door scuff
plate LH.

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8. Remove the lower center pillar garnish LH .

Figure 10.

A. Pull both sides of the lower center pillar
garnish LH outward to detach the 2 claws.

B. Detach the 5 clips and 2 guides and remove
the lower center pillar garnish LH .

9. Remove the upper center pillar garnish LH .

Figure 11 .

A. Remove the 2 screws.

B. Initially, pull both sides of the upper center
pillar garnish LH outward to remove the center
pillar garnish LH .
C. Detach the clip.
D. Remove the clip from the upper center
pillar garnish.
NOTE
Replace the clip with a new one.
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Pull Away

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10. While being careful NOT to apply force to the
camera , detach the 6 claws , guide , and fastener
and remove the front roof top garnish (w/ Night
View system) .

Figure 12.

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NOTICE

wl Lane Keep Assist (LKA) system: When
removing and installing the front roof top
garnish, do NOT apply force to the camera
sensor located at (x) in the diagrams.

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Guide

2

Fastener

3

Front

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11 . While being careful NOT to apply force to the camera (for vehicles with the Lane Keep Assist
system) , detach the 6 claws and guide and remove the front roof top garnish (w/o Night View
system) .
NOTICE
When removing and installing the front roof top garnish, do NOT apply force to the camera
sensor located at (x) in Figures 12 & 13.

12. Remove the map light assembly.

Figure 14.

A. Using a plastic pry tool , detach the 4 clips and
2 guides.
B. Disconnect the 2 connectors and remove the
map light assembly.

13. Using a plastic pry tool , detach the 4 claws and
remove the visor bracket cover.

Figure 15.

HINT
Use the same procedure for both visor
bracket covers.

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14. Remove the visor assembly LH .

Figure 16.

A. Detach the guide from the visor holder.
B. Remove the 2 screws and visor assembly LH .

15. Remove the visor holder.

Figure 17.

A. Turn the visor holder clockwise approximately
45° and pull it out as shown in the illustration .
B. Detach the 2 claws and remove the
visor holder.

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16. Remove the front assist grip sub-assembly LH.

Figure 18.

A. Put protective tape around the assist
grip covers .
B. Using a plastic pry tool , detach the 4 claws
and remove the 2 assist grip covers.
NOTE
Replace assist grip covers with new ones .

C. Detach the 2 clips and remove the front assist
grip sub-assembly.
D. Remove the 2 clips from the vehicle body.

17. Remove the rear assist grip assembly LH .

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Protective Tape

2

Plastic Pry Tool

Figure 19.

A. Put protective tape around the assist
grip covers .
B. Using a plastic pry tool, detach the 4 claws
and remove the 2 assist grip covers.
NOTE
Replace assist grip covers with new ones.

C. Detach the 2 clips and remove the rear assist
grip assembly LH .
D. Remove the 2 clips from the vehicle body.

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Plastic Pry Tool

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18. Detach the 12 claws, guide, and 8 fasteners and partially detach the roof headlining assembly.
NOTICE
• This is a FRAGILE PART! Take extra care not to bend the roof headliner, as this can
easily damage the part.
• Perform nut replacement with an assistant in order to prevent damage to the headliner.
• If the back of a fastener has become detached from the headliner assembly or the sunroof
frame assembly, repair it with the specified adhesive (or equivalent).
• It is NOT necessary to completely remove the headliner to gain access to the sliding
roof mounting bolts.
Figure 20.

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19. Remove the 4 nuts from the sliding roof from the locations shown .
Figure 21 .

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