Removal And Installation: Removal
To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supplemental restraint system before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, occupant classification system, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the supplemental restraint system. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.
To avoid serious or fatal injury, never strike or drop the side impact sensor, as it can damage the impact sensor or affect its calibration. The side impact sensor enables the system to deploy the side Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) components. If an impact sensor is accidentally dropped during service, the sensor must be scrapped and replaced with a new unit. Failure to observe this warning could result in accidental, incomplete, or improper side SRS component deployment.
- Remove the appropriate side power sliding door assembly. Refer to DOOR, SLIDING, REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION .
- Remove both the front and rear sliding door sill scuff plates.
- Through the body wiring harness trough beneath the sliding door scuff plates are access holes that are taped over from the factory. Remove the tape to access and remove the nuts (1) fastening the sliding door lower track to the body.
- Disconnect the sliding door wire harness connections from both the power sliding door module and the power sliding door drive unit.
- Pull the sliding door track assembly with the module and the drive unit attached.
- At each end of the sliding door track, remove the fasteners (1) securing the pulley to the track.
- Disconnect the wiring connection between the power sliding door module and the power sliding door drive unit.
- Remove the fasteners (1) for the power sliding door module.
- Remove the fasteners (3) for the power sliding door drive unit (3).
