I have a 2010 WK. A few weeks ago, wife pulled up on the parking brake handle and there was no tension. I took off the center console to verify what had happened. The little metal piece at the end of the cable had snapped off.
I did some exploring and quickly realized that the whole interior had to come out so the carpet could be peeled back to get the cable out. I found several threads talking about replacing the cable, but I didn't see any complete write ups so figured I'd snap some pics and write up what I did.
Here is the procedure I followed.
1. Remove the rear seat. 2 bolts holding it to the floor. then tilt it out.
2. Remove front seats. 4 bolts each. Unclip power seats.
3. Remove Center console. Pry off rear cover. remove 2 torx bolts holding to floor. remove chrome plastic around shifter. remove plastic around shifter. remove center console by pulling backwards.
4. Remove side floor trim panels by using a screwdriver to pry up under the hold down clips (remove trim by front and rear doors on both sides)
5. Pull back carpet from the rear and remove nut holding parking brake cable to the floor
6. Remove cable from parking brake bracket. I used 2 flat head screwdrivers to hold the clips in and then pushed it through the hole (see pic)
7. Remove Cable from rear bracket. this connects to the rear parking brake cables.
To replace the cable was a little tricky.
1. Push front of cable through the mounting bracket
2. Push parking brake cable forward (make sure the the little hook thing is over the pin). This is in one of the pics.
Now it gets tricky
3. Use a flat blade screwdriver from the rear to push the tension spring assembly towards the front. Once you push it far enough forward, the cable will slot into the holder. I couldn't get a clear picture of this because of the assembly.
Now the rear
4. Pop off the connecting bracket and attach the rear of the cable to the bracket. Then you can pull it and reattach the rear parking brake cables.
Reassemble everything.
Took me ~3 hours start to finish.
I did some exploring and quickly realized that the whole interior had to come out so the carpet could be peeled back to get the cable out. I found several threads talking about replacing the cable, but I didn't see any complete write ups so figured I'd snap some pics and write up what I did.
Here is the procedure I followed.
1. Remove the rear seat. 2 bolts holding it to the floor. then tilt it out.
2. Remove front seats. 4 bolts each. Unclip power seats.
3. Remove Center console. Pry off rear cover. remove 2 torx bolts holding to floor. remove chrome plastic around shifter. remove plastic around shifter. remove center console by pulling backwards.
4. Remove side floor trim panels by using a screwdriver to pry up under the hold down clips (remove trim by front and rear doors on both sides)
5. Pull back carpet from the rear and remove nut holding parking brake cable to the floor
6. Remove cable from parking brake bracket. I used 2 flat head screwdrivers to hold the clips in and then pushed it through the hole (see pic)
7. Remove Cable from rear bracket. this connects to the rear parking brake cables.
To replace the cable was a little tricky.
1. Push front of cable through the mounting bracket
2. Push parking brake cable forward (make sure the the little hook thing is over the pin). This is in one of the pics.
Now it gets tricky
3. Use a flat blade screwdriver from the rear to push the tension spring assembly towards the front. Once you push it far enough forward, the cable will slot into the holder. I couldn't get a clear picture of this because of the assembly.
Now the rear
4. Pop off the connecting bracket and attach the rear of the cable to the bracket. Then you can pull it and reattach the rear parking brake cables.
Reassemble everything.
Took me ~3 hours start to finish.
Parking brake cable replacement
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