Durango 2WD V8-5.2L VIN Y (1999)
Power Distribution Center: Service and Repair
The Power Distribution Center (PDC) is serviced as a unit with the headlamp and dash wire harness. If any internal circuit of the PDC or if the PDC
housing is faulty or damaged, the entire PDC and the headlamp and dash wire harness unit must be replaced.
REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Disconnect each of the headlamp and dash wire harness connectors.
3. Remove all of the fasteners that secure each of the headlamp and dash wire harness ground eyelets to the vehicle body and chassis components.
4. Disengage each of the retainers that secure the headlamp and dash wire harness to the vehicle body and chassis components.
5. Unlatch and remove the cover from the PDC.
Engine Wire Harness In-Line Connector
6. Disconnect the engine wire harness in-line connector from the PDC connector receptacle.
7. Slide the engine wire harness retainer clip upward and disengage the harness from the trough on the rear of the PDC housing.
Battery Cable To PDC Connections
8. Remove the nut that secures the eyelet of the battery negative cable take out to the rearward stud in the PDC and remove the eyelet from the stud.
9. Remove the nut that secures the eyelet of the battery positive cable take out to the forward stud in the PDC and remove the eyelet from the stud.
