Q: How to remove the center console and cables on Toyota Solara and 1997 through 2001 Toyota Avalon?
A: Remove the center console. Raise the vehicle and support it securely on jackstands. Remove the retaining clips and washers from the cable ends at the transaxle. Remove the large clips that retain the shift and select cables to the bracket on the transaxle. Remove the screws that attach the cable retainer, if applicable, to the engine side of the firewall. Remove the outer retainer and grommet. Remove the clips and washers that attach the shift and select cables to the shift lever. Remove the large clip-type cable retainers that attach the cables to the bracket at the forward end of the shift lever base. Remove the inner retainer and grommet from the passenger side of the firewall. Pull the cable(s) out through the firewall from the engine side. Installation is the reverse of removal.