Dodge Nitro. Manual - part 422

Fig. 298: Support Cylinder Retaining Clip 
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1. Make sure the retaining clips (1) are seated into the ball socket (2) fully. 

1 - RETAINING CLIP
2 - BALL SOCKET
3 - BALL STUD

 

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Fig. 299: Support Cylinder 
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2. Install the support cylinder over the ball studs with the thin end connected to the body side of the hinge 

and the retaining clips snapping into place.  

INSTRUMENT PANEL 

WARNING 

RESTRAINT SYSTEM 

CAUTION: Do not install the support cylinders by pressing at the center of the 

cylinder. Press the ends only.

WARNING:

To avoid personal injury or death, during and following any seat belt or 
child restraint anchor service, carefully inspect all seat belts, buckles, 
mounting hardware, retractors, tether straps, and anchors for proper 
installation, operation, or damage. Replace any belt that is cut, frayed, or 
torn. Straighten any belt that is twisted. Tighten any loose fasteners. 
Replace any belt that has a damaged or inoperative buckle or retractor. 
Replace any belt that has a bent or damaged latch plate or anchor plate. 
Replace any child restraint anchor or the unit to which the anchor is 
integral that has been bent or damaged. Never attempt to repair a seat 
belt or child restraint component. Always replace damaged or faulty seat 
belt and child restraint components with the correct, new and unused 
replacement parts listed in the DaimlerChrysler Mopar® parts catalog.

WARNING:

To avoid personal injury or death, on vehicles equipped with airbags, 
disable the supplemental restraint system before attempting any steering 
wheel, steering column, airbag, occupant classification system, seat belt 

 

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tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or 
service. 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 
supplemental restraint system. Failure to take the proper precautions 
could result in accidental airbag deployment.

WARNING:

To avoid personal injury or death on vehicles equipped with airbags, 
before performing any welding operations disconnect and isolate the 
battery negative (ground) cable and disconnect all wire harness 
connectors from the airbag control module (ACM). Failure to take the 
proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment and 
other possible damage to the supplemental restraint system circuits and 
components.

WARNING:

To avoid personal injury or death, do not attempt to dismantle an airbag 
unit or tamper with its inflator. Do not puncture, incinerate, or bring into 
contact with electricity. Do not store at temperatures exceeding 93°C 
(200°F). An airbag inflator unit may contain sodium azide and potassium 
nitrate. These materials are poisonous and extremely flammable. Contact 
with acid, water, or heavy metals may produce harmful and irritating 
gases (sodium hydroxide is formed in the presence of moisture) or 
combustible compounds. An airbag inflator unit may also contain a gas 
canister pressurized to over 2500 psi.

WARNING:

To avoid personal injury or death, when handling a seat belt tensioner 
retractor, proper care should be exercised to keep fingers out from under 
the retractor cover and away from the seat belt webbing where it exits 
from the retractor cover.

WARNING:

To avoid personal injury or death, replace all restraint system 
components only with parts specified in the DaimlerChrysler Mopar® 
parts catalog. Substitute parts may appear interchangeable, but internal 
differences may result in inferior occupant protection.

WARNING:

To avoid personal injury or death, the fasteners, screws, and bolts 
originally used for the restraint system components must never be 
replaced with any substitutes. These fasteners have special coatings and 
are specifically designed for the restraint system. Any time a new fastener 
is needed, replace it with the correct fasteners provided in the service 
package or specified in the DaimlerChrysler Mopar® parts catalog.

WARNING:

To avoid personal injury or death, when a steering column has an airbag 
unit attached, never place the column on the floor or any other surface 
with the steering wheel or airbag unit face down.

 

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BEZEL - CLUSTER 

REMOVAL 

BEZEL - CLUSTER 

Fig. 300: Cluster Bezel 
Courtesy of CHRYSLER LLC 

1. Before proceeding with the following repair procedure, review all warnings and cautions. See 

WARNING. 

2. Using a trim stick C-4755 or equivalent, remove the cluster bezel from the instrument panel assembly.  

INSTALLATION 

BEZEL - CLUSTER 

NOTE:

Position the steering column to the lowest position to ease in the removal 
of the cluster bezel.

 

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