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Module, Compass: Installation: Installation

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WARNING:

To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Refer to WARNING . Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.

Fig 1: RCM, Screws & Mounting Bracket
GC0144905Courtesy of CHRYSLER GROUP, LLC
  1. Position the Remote Compass Module (RCM) (2) to the mounting bracket (1).
  2. Install and tighten the two screws (3) that secure the RCM to the mounting bracket. Tighten the screws securely.
    Fig 2: Instrument Panel Structural Support, Screws & Mounting Bracket
    GC0144906Courtesy of CHRYSLER GROUP, LLC
  3. Position the RCM (4) and mounting bracket (3) as a unit close enough to the top of the instrument panel structural support (1) to reconnect the instrument panel wire harness connector (5) to the RCM connector receptacle.
  4. Position the RCM and mounting bracket unit to the structural support.
  5. Install and tighten the two screws (2) that secure the RCM mounting bracket to the structural support. Tighten the screws securely.
  6. Reinstall the cluster bezel onto the instrument panel. Refer to BEZEL, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, INSTALLATION .
  7. Reconnect the battery negative cable.
  8. Perform both the Manual Compass Calibration and the Compass Variance Adjustment standard procedures. Refer to MODULE, COMPASS, STANDARD PROCEDURE .
  9. Verify proper compass operation.