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**cooljess76** · 01-19-2008, 10:32 PM

Hey Will, I had this happen to me a couple of months ago. There was a recall a while back and the dealer was supposed to put a screw through the little yellow tab to hold it in place and keep it from slipping out of it's detent. On my car, the dealer had already performed this mod, but the yellow clip with the screw ripped a big chunk out of my heater box. After several minutes of racking my brain, I decided to ziptie the cable to the steel tubular support frame under the dash where the cable intersects it. With the yellow tab firmly wedged into it's detent, the cable is now snug as a bug. There's no chance of it ever slipping out again and the routing of the cable allows smooth turning of the knob. I tested it about a hundred times before I buttoned everything back up and it works perfectly now. Good Luck, LMK if you have anymore problems getting it to work.

BTW, you'll get better access if you take the glove compartment and kick panel out from the passenger's side legwell.

01-19-2008, 10:32 PM	#10
cooljess76 NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 iTrader: (6) Photo Gallery	Hey Will, I had this happen to me a couple of months ago. There was a recall a while back and the dealer was supposed to put a screw through the little yellow tab to hold it in place and keep it from slipping out of it's detent. On my car, the dealer had already performed this mod, but the yellow clip with the screw ripped a big chunk out of my heater box. After several minutes of racking my brain, I decided to ziptie the cable to the steel tubular support frame under the dash where the cable intersects it. With the yellow tab firmly wedged into it's detent, the cable is now snug as a bug. There's no chance of it ever slipping out again and the routing of the cable allows smooth turning of the knob. I tested it about a hundred times before I buttoned everything back up and it works perfectly now. Good Luck, LMK if you have anymore problems getting it to work. BTW, you'll get better access if you take the glove compartment and kick panel out from the passenger's side legwell. __________________ 4 MORE YEARS BABY!!!