Hm…. It’s dirty but you don’t want to apply any force in this area especially around the linkage and the plastic fasteners. Removing the rod from the linkage is easy if you know the trick but it’s time consuming ...
The owner mentioned that after the installation of the aftermarket security system, he lost the audio sound at the driver side speaker and only heard white noise or cracking sound. The AMP on this side was already replaced twice in the past. First time for the famous leaky capacitor issue together with other two AMPs at the passenger door and foot well. Then, the second time when it was not possible to re-create ...