Grand Cherokee 4WD V8-4.7L VIN N (2000)
Console: Service and Repair
Overhead Console
REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Remove the screw that secures the front of the overhead console to the front of the overhead console retainer bracket.
3. Insert the fingertips of both hands between the headliner and the sides of the overhead console housing in the area near the reading and courtesy
lamps.
4. Pull downward on the sides of the overhead console housing firmly and evenly to disengage the two snap clips that secure the rear of the unit from
their receptacles in the overhead console retainer bracket.
5. Lower the overhead console from the headliner far enough to access the wire harness connectors.
6. Disconnect the roof wire harness connectors from the Electronic Vehicle Information Center connector receptacle, the reading and courtesy lamp
wire harness connector and, if the vehicle is so equipped, from the back of the power sunroof switch.
7. Remove the overhead console from the headliner.
INSTALLATION
1. Position the overhead console near the mounting location on the headliner.
2. Reconnect the roof wire harness connectors to the Electronic Vehicle Information Center connector receptacle, the reading and courtesy lamp wire
harness connector and, if the vehicle is so equipped, to the back of the power sunroof switch.
3. Align the two snap clips on the rear of the overhead console housing with their receptacles in the overhead console retainer bracket.
4. Push upward firmly and evenly on the sides of the overhead console housing over both of the snap clip locations until each of the two snap clips is
fully engaged with its receptacle in the overhead console retainer bracket.
5. Install and tighten the screw that secures the front of the overhead console housing to the overhead console retainer bracket. Tighten the screw to
1.2 Nm (10 in. lbs.).
6. Reconnect the battery negative cable.
