Air Duct: Service and Repair
Rear Heating DuctRemoval Procedure
1. Remove the front seat. Refer to Seats.
2. If working on the driver's side of the vehicle, remove the trim that covers the remote release handles for the fuel door and the rear deck lid, then remove the release handles.
3. Remove the front rocker trim plate. Refer to Front Interior Trim.
4. Remove the kick panel. Refer to Interior Trim.
5. Remove the rear heating duct outlet extension.
6. Roll the carpet away from the door and the bulk-head, toward the center of the vehicle.
7. Roll the carpet pad toward the center of the vehicle. Uncover the entire heating duct, including the coupling to the air distributor case.
8. Compress and disengage the coupling from the air distributor case.
9. Move the front end of the rear heating duct away from the center of the vehicle.
10. Slide the rear heating duct forward to remove the duct outlets from the openings in the crossmember.
11. Remove the rear heating duct from the vehicle.
Installation Procedure
1. Insert the rear heating duct outlets into the holes in the crossmember. Push the duct outlets through the holes until they latch into place.
2. Place the air distributor case coupling onto the rear heating duct inlet.
3. Compress the coupling and maneuver the front end of the duct under the outlet of the air distributor case until the other end of the coupling can engage onto that outlet. The duct should be against the vehicle central tunnel. The coupling should completely surround the air distributor case outlet and the rear heating duct inlet.
4. Replace the carpet pad over the floor.
5. Replace the carpet over the floor.
6. Pass any electrical connectors through the opening and maneuver the opening over the rear heating duct outlets so they are exposed.
7. Smooth the carpeting and tuck the edges into place at the door opening in the kick panel area.
8. If working on the driver's side of the vehicle, smooth the carpeting and tuck the edges into place in the area around the remote release handles for the rear deck lid and the fuel door. Then replace the cover over the remote release handles.
9. Replace the kick panel. Refer to Interior Trim.
10. Replace the rocker trim plate. Refer to Interior Trim.
11. Replace the rear heating duct outlet extension.
12. Replace the front seat. Refer to Seats.