Disassembly - Chrysler Vehicle User Manual

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INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (Continued)
Fig. 4 Instrument Cluster Remove/Install
1 - WIRE HARNESS CONNECTORS
2 - INSTRUMENT CLUSTER
3 - SCREW (4)
4 - INSTRUMENT PANEL

DISASSEMBLY

Some of the components for the instrument cluster
used in this vehicle are serviced individually. The
serviced components
instrument cluster indicator and illumination lamp
bulbs (including the integral bulb holders), the clus-
ter lens, the trip odometer reset button boot, the
cluster hood and mask unit, and the cluster housing
rear cover. Following are the procedures for disas-
sembling these components from the instrument clus-
ter unit.
WARNING: ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AIR-
BAGS, DISABLE THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT
SYSTEM BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY STEERING
WHEEL, STEERING COLUMN, DRIVER AIRBAG,
PASSENGER AIRBAG, OR INSTRUMENT PANEL
COMPONENT DIAGNOSIS OR SERVICE. DISCON-
NECT AND ISOLATE THE BATTERY NEGATIVE
(GROUND) CABLE, THEN WAIT TWO MINUTES FOR
THE SYSTEM CAPACITOR TO DISCHARGE BEFORE
PERFORMING FURTHER DIAGNOSIS OR SERVICE.
THIS IS THE ONLY SURE WAY TO DISABLE THE
SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM. FAILURE TO
TAKE THE PROPER
RESULT IN ACCIDENTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT
AND POSSIBLE PERSONAL INJURY.
CLUSTER BULB
This procedure applies to each of the incandescent
cluster illumination lamp or indicator bulb and bulb
holder units. However, the illumination lamps and
the indicators use different bulb and bulb holder unit
sizes. They must never be interchanged.
include: the incandescent
PRECAUTIONS COULD
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative
cable.
(2) Remove the instrument cluster from the instru-
ment panel. (Refer to 8 - ELECTRICAL/INSTRU-
MENT CLUSTER - REMOVAL).
(3) Turn the bulb holder counterclockwise about
sixty degrees on the cluster electronic circuit board
(Fig. 5).
Fig. 5 Cluster Bulb Locations
1 - CLUSTER INCANDESCENT BULBS
(4) Pull the bulb and bulb holder unit straight
back to remove it from the bulb mounting hole in the
cluster electronic circuit board.
CLUSTER LENS
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative
cable.
(2) Remove the instrument cluster from the instru-
ment panel. (Refer to 8 - ELECTRICAL/INSTRU-
MENT CLUSTER - REMOVAL).
(3) Work around the perimeter of the cluster lens
and disengage each of the eight latches that secure
the lens to the cluster mask and the cluster housing
(Fig. 6).
(4) Gently pull the cluster lens away from the face
of the instrument cluster.
TRIP ODOMETER RESET BUTTON BOOT
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative
cable.
(2) Remove the instrument cluster from the instru-
ment panel. (Refer to 8 - ELECTRICAL/INSTRU-
MENT CLUSTER - REMOVAL).
(3) Remove the cluster lens from the cluster hous-
ing. Refer to CLUSTER LENS .
(4) Remove the odometer reset button boot by pull-
ing it straight out of the pocketed hole from the face
of the cluster lens (Fig. 6).
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