Mercedes-Benz ML320. Service 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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1998-2005 ACCESSORIES & BODY, CAB Interior Equipment - 163 Chassis

  

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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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1998-2005 ACCESSORIES & BODY, CAB Interior Equipment - 163 Chassis

  

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