Jeep Cherokee (XJ): Removal and installation

Overhead console

(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.

(2) Remove the two screws located forward of the display module that secure the overhead console to the upper windshield opening reinforcement (Fig. 3).

(3) To release the overhead console from the rear mounting bracket, use your fingertips to gently pull the sides of the overhead console housing outward near the rear mounting bracket.

(4) Move the overhead console forward to disengage the rear mounting tab from the headliner.

Fig. 3 Overhead Console Remove/Install

1 - HEADLINER
2 - REAR BRACKET
3 - REAR MOUNTING TAB
4 - OVERHEAD CONSOLE
5 - SCREW
6 - SCREW

(5) Lower the overhead console far enough to access the two wire harness connectors.

(6) Unplug one wire harness connector near the push button module towards the front of the overhead console.

(7) Unplug one wire harness connector from the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) receiver near the center of the overhead console, if the vehicle is so equipped.

(8) Remove the overhead console from the headliner.

(9) Reverse the removal procedures to install.

Tighten the overhead console mounting screws to 2.7 N·m (24 in. lbs.).

Trip computer, compass, and thermometer display module

(1) Remove the overhead console from the vehicle.

See Overhead Console in this group for the procedures.

(2) Remove the two screws that secure the forward end of the trip computer, compass, and thermometer display module to the overhead console housing (Fig.

4).

(3) Gently flex the sides of the overhead console housing as required to release the trip computer, compass, and thermometer display module mounting pins.

(4) Pull the trip computer, compass, and thermometer display module away from the overhead console housing far enough to access the two wire harness connectors.

Fig. 4 Trip Computer, Compass, and Thermometer Display Module Remove/Install

(5) Unplug the overhead console and push button module wire harness connectors from the trip computer, compass, and thermometer display module.

(6) Remove the trip computer, compass, and thermometer display module from the overhead console housing.

(7) Reverse the removal procedures to install.

Tighten the mounting screws to 2.2 N·m (20 in. lbs.).

Push button module

(1) Remove the overhead console from the vehicle.

See Overhead Console in this group for the procedures.

(2) Unplug the push button module wire harness connector from the trip computer, compass, and thermometer display module.

(3) Remove the four screws that secure the push button module to the overhead console housing (Fig.

5).

(4) Remove the push button module from the overhead console.

(5) Reverse the removal procedures to install.

Tighten the mounting screws to 2.2 N·m (20 in. lbs.).

Fig. 5 Push Button Module Remove/Install

1 - PUSH BUTTON MODULE
2 - MOUNTING SCREWS

Reading and courtesy lamp bulb

(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.

(2) Insert a long, narrow, flat-bladed tool in the notch on the edge of the reading and courtesy lamp lens.

(3) Gently pry the lens downward from the overhead console housing and pivot the lens down. It may be necessary to move the tool along the edge of the lens to free the lens from the console housing.

(4) Unsnap the bulb from the bulb holders by pulling the bulb gently downwards.

(5) Install a new bulb by aligning its base with the bulb holders and pushing the bulb firmly into place.

(6) Pivot the lens back up into position and press upward firmly until it snaps into place.

(7) Connect the battery negative cable.

(8) Test the lamp by depressing the lens to check for proper lamp switching and lighting.

Garage door opener storage bin door

(1) Open the garage door opener storage bin door.

(2) Using a trim stick or another suitable wide flat-bladed tool, gently pry between the door pivot pin and the pivot hole on one side of the overhead console housing until the pivot pin clears the pivot hole.

(3) Use a gentle twisting action to remove the garage door opener storage bin door from the overhead console housing.

(4) To install, insert the pivot pin on one side of the door into the pivot hole in the overhead console housing. Gently depress the pivot pin on the other side of the door until it clears the side of the garage door opener storage bin opening of the overhead console housing, and push the door into the opening.

Guide the door into the opening so that the second pivot pin snaps into its pivot hole.

Sunglasses storage bin

The sunglasses storage bin door and bin, housing, damper, spring and latch are serviced only as a unit.

Remove the sunglasses storage bin module from the overhead console as follows: (1) Remove the overhead console from the vehicle.

See Overhead Console in this group for the procedures.

(2) Disengage the overhead console courtesy lamp wire harness from the retainers molded into the sunglasses storage bin housing.

(3) Remove the six screws that secure the sunglasses storage bin module to the overhead console housing (Fig. 6).

Fig. 6 Sunglasses Storage Bin Module Remove/Install

1 - SUNGLASSES STORAGE BIN MODULE
2 - MOUNTING SCREWS
3 - WIRE HARNESS RETAINERS

(4) Remove the sunglasses storage bin module from the overhead console.

(5) Reverse the removal procedures to install.

Tighten the mounting screws to 2.2 N·m (20 in. lbs.).

Ambient temperature sensor

(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.

(2) Locate the ambient temperature sensor, below the grille and behind the front bumper on the radiator support crossmember (Fig. 7).

(3) Unplug the ambient temperature sensor wire harness connector.

(4) Remove the screw that secures the ambient temperature sensor to the radiator support crossmember.

(5) Remove the ambient temperature sensor from the vehicle.

Fig. 7 Ambient Temperature Sensor Remove/Install

1 - WIRE HARNESS
2 - SCREW
3 - SENSOR
4 - RADIATOR SUPPORT CROSSMEMBER
5 - CLIPS
6 - HORN

(6) Reverse the removal procedures to install.

Tighten the ambient temperature sensor mounting screw to 3.4 N·m (30 in. lbs.).