Cable end fitting and cable abutment and method of securement

A method of securing a cable conduit end to a cable abutment of a vehicle latch housing, comprising:

• inserting a housing of the cable conduit end into an opening of the cable abutment of the vehicle latch housing;
• guiding an alignment feature incorporated into a surface of the housing of the cable conduit end between a pair of features located in the opening of the cable abutment;
• deflecting a pair of flexible retention features integrally formed with the conduit end towards the housing of the cable conduit end as the cable conduit end is inserted into the cable abutment;
• engaging a pair of retention features of the cable abutment with a distal end of the pair of flexible retention features after the pair of flexible retention features have been deflected towards the housing and then returned to a first position, wherein the pair of flexible retention features are spring biased away from the housing of the cable conduit end to the first position;
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• engaging a pair of features of the cable abutment with a pair of radial retention features extending outwardly away from the housing of the cable conduit end, wherein the pair of flexible retention features are located proximate to a first end of the housing of the cable conduit end and the pair of radial retention features are located proximate to a second end of the housing of the cable conduit end and the alignment feature is located between the pair of flexible retention features and the pair of retention features.