OEM 2006 Toyota Highlander Shift Cable

2006 Toyota Highlander Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How to service and repair the Shift Cable assembly on 2006 Toyota Highlander?

  A: Professionals should start their transmission control cable assembly servicing by disconnecting it from the negative battery terminal. Remove the instrument panel safety pad sub-assembly with the passenger Air Bag assembly, then proceed to remove the transmission control cable assembly by taking off the nut from the control shaft lever, disconnecting the control cable from the control shaft lever, removing the clip to disconnect the control cable from the control cable bracket, disconnecting the control cable from the control cable clamp, detaching the cable end from the rod of the floor shift assembly, and finally removing the 2 nuts and 3 bolts to pull out the control cable from the body. Inspect the shift lever position to ensure smooth operation and correct display of the position indicator, confirming that the vehicle moves forward when shifting from N to D and rearward when shifting to R. Adjust the shift lever position by loosening the nut on the control shaft lever, pushing the control shaft fully downward, returning the control shaft lever 2 notches to the N position, and while pushing the control cable end up with the shift lever in the N position, install it to the control shaft lever with the nut, ensuring a torque of 15 Nm (150 kgf-cm, 10 ft. lbs.). Check vehicle directional movement by starting the engine. Begin by pulling the control cable to the body then install the 3 bolts with 4.9 Nm torque (50 kgf-cm, 43 inch lbs.), position the cable end with its uneven surface oriented upwards before installing the control cable and 2 nuts using 11.8 Nm torque (122 kgf-cm, 9 ft. lbs.). Finally, connect the control cable to the control cable clamp and temporarily install the control cable to the control shaft lever with the provided nut followed by control cable and clip installation to the bracket. The passenger Air Bag assembly must be placed into the instrument panel safety pad sub-assembly while reconnecting the cable to the negative battery terminal and performing shift lever position checks and clearing any detected trouble codes and inspecting the SRS warning light.