Overhead console reading and courtesy lamp housing
REMOVAL
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
(2) Remove the compass mini-trip computer module from the overhead console housing. Refer to Compass Mini-Trip Computer in the Removal and Installation section of this group for the procedures.
(3) Remove the two screws that secure the reading and courtesy lamp housing to the overhead console housing (Fig. 8).
Fig. 8 Overhead Console Reading and Courtesy Lamp Housing Remove/Install
1 - COMPASS MINI-TRIP COMPUTER
2 - SLOT
3 - SUNGLASSES STORAGE BIN DAMPER SPRING
4 - OVERHEAD CONSOLE READING AND COURTESY LAMP HOUSING
5 - SCREWS (2)
6 - BULB HOLDERS
7 - SWITCHES
(4) Pull the reading and courtesy lamp housing away from the overhead console housing far enough to turn it over for access to the lamp bulbs.
(5) Remove both reading and courtesy lamp bulbs from their bulb holders by pulling them straight out from the holders.
(6) Remove both switches from their mounting slots by sliding them towards their respective outboard ends of the reading and courtesy lamp housing.
(7) Remove the four bulb holders from their mounting holes in the reading and courtesy lamp housing by depressing the latch on each side of each holder and pushing the bulb side of the holder out through the wire side of the mounting hole.
(8) Remove the reading and courtesy lamp housing from the overhead console housing.
INSTALLATION
(1) Install each of the four bulb holders into their mounting holes in the reading and courtesy lamp housing by inserting the bulb side of the holder into the wire side of the mounting hole and pushing it through the mounting hole until both latches are engaged with the lamp housing.
(2) Install both switches into their mounting slots by sliding them inboard from their respective ends of the reading and courtesy lamp housing until they snap into place.
(3) Install both reading and courtesy lamp bulbs into their bulb holders by pushing them straight into the holders.
(4) Position the reading and courtesy lamp housing onto the overhead console housing. Be certain that the sunglasses storage bin damper spring is engaged in the slot on the rear flange of the reading and courtesy lamp housing.
(5) Install and tighten the two screws that secure the reading and courtesy lamp housing to the overhead console housing. Tighten the screws to 2.2 N*m (20 in. lbs.).
(6) Install the compass mini-trip computer module into the overhead console housing. Refer to Compass Mini-Trip Computer in the Removal and Installation section of this group for the procedures.
(7) Reconnect the battery negative cable.
Dodge Durango (DN) 1998-2003 Service Manual
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