Mercedes-Benz ML320. Manual — part 732

Fig. 36: Identifying Long Wedge (115 589 03 59 00)

REMOVE/INSTALL REAR CENTER CONSOLE - AR68.20-P-2020GI

MODEL 163.113 /154 /174 #A as of 289565,163.113 #X as of 754620,163.128 /157 /175

Fig. 37: Identifying Rear Center Console Components

Remove/install

1

Remove armrest lid (1)

AR68.20-P-
2370GH

2

Remove stowage box on center console

Press center pin approx. 4 mm down,

then remove rivet upward

3

Remove bolts (2) from beverage holder

4

Remove ashtray inner section

5

Remove ashtray paneling (3)

Danger of breaking clips (4).
Loosen clips (4) and pull bottom

edge of cover toward rear and remove
upward

6

Remove bolts (5)

7

Unclip rear center console (6) at top
(arrows).

Long wedge

Fig. 6

Remove rear center console (6) from

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Fig. 38: Identifying Long Wedge (115 589 03 59 00)

REMOVE/INSTALL FLOOR COVERING - AR68.20-P-2040GH

MODEL 163.113 /128 /136 /154 /157 /172 /174 /175

Fig. 39: Identifying Floor Covering Components

8

center console

9

Disconnect connector from rear control
panel control module and ashtray

Disconnect connector for rear ashtray

from ashtray housing

10

Install in the reverse order

Remove/install

AR91.10-P-

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1

Remove front seats

1000GH

2.1

Remove bass module speaker

Only with Sound-System, Code 810.

AR82.62-P-
7839GH

3.1

Remove control module for
emergency call system

Only with emergency call system E-Call,

Code 349.

AR82.95-P-
0008GH

4

Remove bench

1/3 bench seat, up to 31.8.99.

AR91.12-P-
1010GH

40% bench seat, as of 01.9.99.

AR91.12-P-
1010GI

2/3 bench seat, up to 31.8.99.

AR91.12-P-
1010GJ

60% bench seat, as of 01.9.99.

AR91.12-P-
1010GK

5

Remove rear seat anchors (2)

Up to 31.8.99, unscrew internal Torx drive

bolts (3).

Torx bit set

Fig. 24

6

Remove center console (4)

AR68.20-P-
2000GH

7

Remove cover below instrument
panel on left (6)

AR68.10-P-
1500GH

8

Remove cover below instrument
panel on right (5)

Up to 31.8.99.

AR68.10-P-
1520GH

As of 01.9.99.

AR68.10-P-
1520GI

9

Unscrew plastic nuts (11) in right
footwell

10

Remove condensate water drain
hose from heater housing

11

Remove door sill molding on
right (9) and door sill molding on
left (10)

AR68.30-P-
4100GH

12

Remove paneling in footwell on
right (7) and paneling in footwell
on left (8)

AR68.30-P-
4010GH

13

Remove insulating mat under the
center console

14

Remove air duct for ventilation in
the rear

15

Remove radio

AR82.60-P-
7502EA

16

Disconnect all the electrical
connectors and lay aside

17

Detach shift-lock cable at the
electronic selector module

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Instrument panel

Fig. 40: Identifying Torx Bit Set (000 589 01 10 00)

DISASSEMBLING AND ASSEMBLING CENTER CONSOLE - AR68.20-P-2150GH

MODEL 163.113 /136 /154 /172 /174 up to 31.8.01

18

Remove bracket between
instrument panel center part and
transmission tunnel

*BA68.10-P-
1003-01A

19

Pull out floor covering (1) in area
of C-pillar and remove

Do not damage electrical leads.

Installation: Align floor covering at

attachment points for seats and thread electric
wires through corresponding cutouts.

20

Install in the reverse order

Number

Designation

MODEL Series 163

BA68.10-P-1003-01A

Screw, dashboard to transmission tunnel

Nm 30

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