1996 CHRYSLER VOYAGER instrument panel

(5) Applying pressure on the housing, release the
upper right lock tab and the lower right.
(6) Push out the louver housing from the cluster
bezel.
INSTALLATION
(1) Verify the function of the vanes.
(2) Set louver housing into the cluster bezel.
(3) Using care do not push on the vanes, apply
pressure on outer edge of the housing and push lou-
ver housing into place.
(4) After in place check function of the vanes.
LEFT LOUVER HOUSING
REMOVAL
(1) Remove the instrument cluster bezel. Refer to
Instrument Cluster Bezel Removal and Installation
procedures.
(2) Place cluster bezel on a clean surface face down
with the head lamp switch to the right side (Fig. 30).(3) Using a flat bladed tool, release the louver
housing locks tabs.
(4) Release the upper left lock tab first, then the
other upper lock tab.
(5) Applying pressure on the housing, release the
lower lock tabs.
(6) Push out the louver housing from the cluster
bezel.
INSTALLATION
(1) Verify the function of the vanes.
(2) Set louver housing into the cluster bezel and
align the slot of the housing with the T location pins.
(3) Using care do not push on the vanes, apply
pressure on outer edge of the housing and push lou-
ver housing into place.
(4) After in place check function of the vanes.
PASSENGER SIDE LOUVERS
The inner, outer louver and inner, outer housing
are serviceable.
REMOVAL
(1) Using medium flat blade tool, position it in
between the right side of louver and the housing
(Fig. 32).
(2) Twist the tool to release the pivot pin from the
louver and pull outward till released from pin.
(3) Place tool on the other side of louver and
release the other pivot pin and pull housing free from
the instrument panel. Use the same procedure for
either inner or outer louver.
Fig. 30 Instrument Cluster Bezel
Fig. 31 Center Louver
Fig. 32 Removing Passenger Louver
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INSTALLATION
The inner and outer louvers have different size
pivot pins on the housing. The outer housing has a
larger pin on the right side then the inner housing
(Fig. 33). The louver have a surface cut out on the
right side of the housings to note the proper side.
(1) The right pivot pin is slotted on both housings.
So when aligning louver tab with the pin ensure that
they are lined up.
(2) Using care, apply pressure on outer edge of the
louver and push into place.
(3) Rotate louver to ensure proper engagement.
PASSENGER SIDE LOUVER OUTER HOUSINGS
REMOVAL
(1) Using a trim stick, insert trim stick between
the outer edge of the housing and the pad/panel vinyl
covering (Fig. 34).
(2) Lightly pry housing inward and by hand pull
the housing free from panel (Fig. 35).
INSTALLATION
(1) Place the slotted pin on the right side of the
opening.
(2) Set housing in to position and push into place.
The housing may need to be rocked to get the best fit
within the opening.
INSTRUMENT PANEL TOP COVER
REMOVAL
(1) Remove A-pillar trim.
(2) Using a trim stick, disengage clips holding rear
edge of top cover to instrument panel (Fig. 36).
(3) Disconnect wire harness from message center.
(4) Pull top cover rearward to disengage hooks
holding front of top cover to instrument panel.
(5) Remove top cover.
Fig. 33 Passenger Side Louver and Housings
Fig. 34 Remove Housing
Fig. 35 Housing Being Removed
Fig. 36 Instrument Panel Top Cover
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INSTALLATION
(1) Place instrument panel top cover in position on
vehicle.
(2) Push top cover forward to engage hooks to hold
front of top cover to instrument panel.
(3) Connect wire harness to message center.
(4) Engage clips to hold rear edge of top cover to
instrument panel.
(5) Pull top cover rearward.
(6) Install A-pillar trim.
INSTRUMENT PANEL RIGHT END COVER
REMOVAL
(1) Open passenger side front door (Fig. 37).
(2) Disengage clips holding right end cover to
instrument panel.
(3) Remove instrument panel end cover and foam
pad covering the A/C inlet projection of the end cover
if equipped.
INSTALLATION
For installation, reverse the above procedures.
JUNCTION BLOCK
REMOVAL
(1) Disconnect battery negative cable.
(2) Remove lower steering column cover and knee
blocker reinforcement.
(3) Disconnect four, forty-way connectors from
Junction Block (Fig. 38).(4) Disconnect two wire connectors from bottom of
Body Control Module.
(5) Remove bolts holding Junction Block to dash
panel mounting.
(6) Remove Junction Block from mounting bracket.
(7) Remove screws holding Body Control Module to
Junction Block.
(8) Slide Body Control Module downward to dis-
connect guide studs on Junction Block from BCM
ting bracket.
(9) Separate Junction Block from Body Control
Module.
INSTALLATION
For installation, reverse the above procedures.
KNEE BLOCKER REINFORCEMENT
REMOVAL
(1) Remove lower steering column cover (Fig. 39).
(2) Remove screws holding knee blocker reinforce-
ment to instrument panel.
Fig. 37 Instrument Panel Right End Cover
Fig. 38 Junction Block
Fig. 39 Knee Blocker Reinforcement
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(3) Remove reinforcement.
INSTALLATION
(1) Place reinforcement in position.
(2) Install screws to hold knee blocker reinforce-
ment to instrument panel.
(3) Install lower steering column cover.
LOWER CONSOLE
REMOVAL
(1) Remove screws holding lower console to floor
bracket and instrument panel (Fig. 40).
(2) Slide console rearward from around instrument
panel supports.
(3) Remove lower console.
INSTALLATION
(1) Place lower console in position.
(2) Slide console forward around instrument panel
supports.
(3) Install screws to hold lower console to floor
bracket and instrument panel.
LOWER INSTRUMENT PANEL
REMOVAL
(1) Remove right end cover.
(2) Remove steering column bezel.
(3) Remove radio bezel and HVAC control.
(4) Remove lower console.
(5) Remove ash receiver cup holder and track.
(6) Remove glove box.
(7) Remove glove box latch striker.
(8) Remove glove box lamp.
(9) Disconnect wire connector from glove box lamp.
(10) Remove screws holding lower instrument
panel to reinforcement frame around glove box open-
ing (Fig. 41).
Fig. 40 Lower Console
Fig. 41 Lower Instrument Panel
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(11) Remove screw holding lower instrument panel
to right side of instrument panel.
(12) Remove screw holding lower instrument panel
to upper instrument panel at left side panel above
accelerator pedal.
(13) Remove instrument cluster bezel as necessary
to gain access to lower instrument panel screws.
(14) Remove screw lower holding instrument panel
to upper panel below instrument cluster.
(15) Remove screws holding rear of storage pocket
to panel support frame.
(16) Remove screws holding lower instrument
panel to upper instrument panel from below radio.
(17) Remove screws holding lower instrument
panel to support frame in floor console area.
(18) Separate lower instrument from upper instru-
ment panel.
(19) Disengage wire connectors from back of acces-
sory plug.
(20) Separate lower instrument from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
For installation, reverse the above procedures.
LOWER STEERING COLUMN COVER
REMOVAL
(1) Remove screws holding parking brake release
handle to instrument panel (Fig. 42).
(2) Remove screws holding bottom of lower steer-
ing column cover to instrument panel (Fig. 43).
(3) Remove screw holding right side of lower steer-
ing column cover to instrument panel.
(4) Disengage park brake release cable case from
groove on end of release handle (Fig. 44).
(5) Disengage cable end pivot from slot on release
handle (Fig. 44).
INSTALLATION
For installation, reverse the above procedures,
MESSAGE CENTER
REMOVAL
(1) Remove A-pillar trim.
(2) Remove instrument panel top cover. Refer to
instrument panel top cover removal procedures.
(3) Disconnect the wire connector from back of
message center.
(4) Remove screws holding message center to
instrument panel top cover.
(5) Remove message center from instrument panel
top cover.
Fig. 42 Park Brake Release Handle
Fig. 43 Lower Steering Column Cover
Fig. 44 Park Brake Release Handle
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INSTALLATION
(1) Place message center in position on top cover.
(2) Install screws to hold message center to instru-
ment panel top cover.
(3) Connect wire connector into back of message
center.
(4) Install instrument panel top cover.
(5) Install A-pillar trim.
OVER STEERING COLUMN BEZEL
REMOVAL
(1) Remove the lower steering column cover.
(2) Remove the screws holding over steering col-
umn bezel to the cluster bezel (Fig. 45).
(3) Remove over steering column bezel from vehi-
cle.
(4) Disconnect the clips holding over column bezel
to the cluster bezel.
(5) If equipped with traction control switch, discon-
nect the wire pigtail connector from the traction con-
trol switch.
(6) Remove the over steering column bezel.
INSTALLATION
(1) Place the over steering column bezel in position
and engage clips to the cluster bezel. If equipped
with traction control switch connect the wire pigtail
before engaging clips.
(2) Install the screws to hold the over steering col-
umn bezel to the cluster bezel.
(3) Install the lower column cover.
POWER MIRROR SWITCH
REMOVAL
(1) Remove instrument cluster bezel (Fig. 46).
(2) Disconnect wire connector from back of power
mirror switch.
(3) Disengage lock tabs above and below the mir-
ror switch.
(4) Pull power mirror switch from headlamp
switch bezel.
(5) Remove power mirror switch.
INSTALLATION
For installation, reverse the above procedures.
POWER MIRROR SWITCH LAMP
REMOVAL
(1) Remove instrument cluster bezel (Fig. 47).
(2) Rotate bulb socket counterclockwise one quar-
ter turn.
(3) Pull bulb socket from back of power mirror
switch.
Fig. 45 Over Steering Column Bezel
Fig. 46 Power Mirror Switch
Fig. 47 Power Mirror Switch Lamp
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INSTALLATION
For installation, reverse the above procedures.
RADIO BEZEL AND HVAC CONTROL
REMOVAL
(1) Remove screw access cover (Fig. 48).
(2) Remove the attaching screws holding bottom of
the bezel to instrument panel.
(3) Remove the attaching screws holding top of the
bezel to the instrument panel.
(4) Remove the bezel from the instrument panel.
(5) Disconnect the wire connector from back of the
rear blower switch, if equipped.
(6) Disconnect the wire connector from the back of
the HVAC Control.
(7) Remove the bezel.
INSTALLATION
(1) Hold the radio bezel up and connect the wire
connector into the back of the HVAC control.
(2) Connect the wire connector into back of the
rear blower switch, if equipped.
(3) Place the radio bezel in position on the instru-
ment panel.
(4) Install screws to hold the top of radio bezel to
instrument panel.
(5) Install screws to the hold bottom of the radio
bezel to the instrument panel.
(6) Install the access cover.
REAR HEATER-A/C SWITCH
REMOVAL
(1)Remove radio bezel and HVAC Control (Fig. 49).
(2) Remove screw holding rear heater-A/C switch
to radio bezel HVAC Control.
(3) Disengage hook holding bottom of switch to
radio bezel HVAC Control.
(4) Remove switch from radio bezel HVAC Control.
INSTALLATION
For instrument, reverse the above procedures.
REAR HEATER-A/C SWITCH LAMP
REMOVAL
(1) Remove radio bezel HVAC Control.
(2) Rotate bulb socket counterclockwise one quar-
ter (Fig. 50).
(3) Pull bulb socket from switch.
INSTALLATION
For installation, reverse the above procedures.
Fig. 48 Radio Bezel and HVAC Control
Fig. 49 Rear Heater ± A/C Switch
Fig. 50 Rear Heater-A/C Switch Lamp Bulb
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AUDIO SYSTEMS
CONTENTS
page page
GENERAL INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION......................... 1
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
ANTENNA.............................. 1
CHOKEÐINFINITY SPEAKERS.............. 2
INTERFERENCE ELIMINATION.............. 1
NAME BRAND SPEAKER RELAY............ 3
RADIO IGNITION INTERFERENCE........... 2
RADIOS................................ 1
REMOTE RADIO SWITCHES................ 3
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
ANTENNA.............................. 3AUDIO SYSTEM......................... 4
RADIO................................. 4
REMOTE RADIO SWITCHES................ 6
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
ANTENNA EXTENSION CABLE.............. 7
ANTENNA MAST AND CABLE LEAD......... 7
D±PILLAR SPEAKER.................... 10
FRONT DOOR SPEAKER................... 9
INSTRUMENT PANEL SPEAKER............. 8
QUARTER PANEL SPEAKER............... 10
RADIO/TAPE/CD PLAYER.................. 8
REMOTE RADIO SWITCHES................ 9
GENERAL INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION
Operating instructions for the factory installed
audio systems can be found in the Owner's Manual
provided with the vehicle.
NS vehicles are equipped with an Ignition Off
Draw (IOD) fuse in the power distribution center
located in the engine compartment. After the IOD
fuse or battery has been disconnected, the radio sta-
tion sets and clock will require resetting.
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
ANTENNA
All models use a fixed-length stainless steel rod-
type antenna mast, installed at the right front fender
of the vehicle. The antenna mast is connected to the
center wire of the coaxial antenna cable, and is not
grounded to any part of the vehicle.
To eliminate static, the antenna base must have a
good ground. The coaxial antenna cable shield (the
outer wire mesh of the cable) is grounded to the
antenna base and the radio chassis.
The antenna coaxial cable has an additional dis-
connect, located near the right end of the instrument
panel. This additional disconnect allows the instru-
ment panel assembly to be removed and installed
without removing the radio.
The factory-installed Electronically Tuned Radios
(ETRs) automatically compensate for radio antenna
trim. Therefore, no antenna trimmer adjustment isrequired or possible when replacing the receiver or
the antenna.
INTERFERENCE ELIMINATION
Some components used on the vehicles are
equipped with a capacitor to suppress radio fre-
quency interference/static.
Capacitors are mounted in various locations inter-
nal to the generator, instrument cluster and wind-
shield wiper motor.
To eliminate radio interference, ground straps are
used in different areas of the vehicle. These ground
circuits should be securely tightened to assure good
metal to metal contact. The ground straps conduct
very small high frequency electrical signals to ground
and require clean surface contact area. The radio
ground is supplied from the instrument panel har-
ness and is attached to the rear of the radio. Some
engines have other ground straps to eliminate fur-
ther radio interference:
²Radio chassis to instrument panel structure
²Engine to dash panel
²Engine to chassis
²A/C h valve to dash panel
Radio resistance type spark plug cables in the high
tension circuit of the ignition system complete the
interference suppression. Faulty or deteriorated
spark plug wires should be replaced.
RADIOS
Available factory-installed radio receivers for this
model include an AM/FM/cassette (RAS sales code),
an AM/FM/cassette/5-band graphic equalizer with CD
changer control feature (RBN sales code), an AM/FM/
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