Dodge 2000 DURANGO Service Manual page 328

8E - 20 INSTRUMENT PANEL SYSTEMS
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
INSTRUMENT PANEL CENTER SUPPORT
BRACKET
WARNING: ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AIR-
BAGS, REFER TO
RESTRAINT SYSTEMS BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY
STEERING WHEEL,
INSTRUMENT PANEL COMPONENT DIAGNOSIS OR
SERVICE. FAILURE TO TAKE THE PROPER PRE-
CAUTIONS COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENTAL AIR-
BAG DEPLOYMENT AND POSSIBLE PERSONAL
INJURY.
REMOVAL
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative
cable.
(2) Pull the floor carpet back from the front of the
floor panel transmission tunnel far enough to access
the center support bracket mounting screws.
(3) Remove the two screws that secure the center
support bracket to the instrument panel.
(4) Remove the two screws on the left, and one
screw on the right that secure the instrument panel
center support bracket to the Airbag Control Module
(ACM) bracket on the floor panel transmission tunnel
(Fig. 12).
Fig. 12 Instrument Panel Center Support Bracket
Remove/Install
1 – CENTER SUPPORT BRACKET
2 – SCREW
3 – AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE BRACKET
(5) Remove the center support bracket from the
instrument panel.
GROUP 8M - PASSIVE
STEERING COLUMN,
INSTALLATION
(1) Position the center support bracket to the ACM
bracket on the floor panel transmission tunnel.
(2) Install and tighten the two screws on the left,
and one screw on the right that secure the instru-
ment panel center support bracket to the Airbag Con-
trol Module (ACM) bracket on the floor panel
OR
transmission tunnel. Tighten the screws to 11.8 N·m
(105 in. lbs.).
(3) Align the screw holes in the instrument panel
to the mounting holes in the center support bracket.
(4) Install and tighten the two screws that secure
the center support bracket to the instrument panel.
Tighten the screws to 11.8 N·m (105 in. lbs.).
(5) Reposition the floor carpet on the front of the
floor panel transmission tunnel to conceal the instru-
ment panel center support bracket.
(6) Reconnect the battery negative cable.
INSTRUMENT PANEL ASH RECEIVER
WARNING: ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AIR-
BAGS, REFER
RESTRAINT SYSTEMS BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY
STEERING WHEEL,
INSTRUMENT PANEL COMPONENT DIAGNOSIS OR
SERVICE. FAILURE TO TAKE THE PROPER PRE-
CAUTIONS COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENTAL AIR-
BAG DEPLOYMENT AND POSSIBLE PERSONAL
INJURY.
REMOVAL
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative
cable.
(2) Open the instrument panel ash receiver.
(3) Depress the spring retainer in the center of the
open ash receiver to release it, then lift the ash
receiver slightly and pull it straight out from the
pivot pins in the instrument panel lower bezel.
(4) Remove the two screws that secure the ash
receiver flame shield to the instrument panel lower
bezel (Fig. 13).
(5) Pull the ash receiver flame shield out from the
instrument panel far enough to disengage the two
retaining tabs on the top of the shield from the
mounting holes in the instrument panel lower bezel.
(6) Lower the flame shield from the instrument
panel lower bezel far enough to access the ash
receiver lamp and hood.
(7) Squeeze the ash receiver lamp and hood
bracket to disengage the unit from the mounting hole
in the flame shield.
(8) Remove the ash receiver flame shield from the
instrument panel lower bezel.
TO GROUP 8M -
STEERING COLUMN,
DN
PASSIVE
OR