Reading Lamp - Removal

REMOVAL






NOTE: The optional overhead console includes a Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting package which contains three LED units, each with its own dedicated printed circuit board. The two outboard articulating eyeball-type LED reading lamp pod units with their integral lens-actuated switches and printed circuit boards are available for separate service replacement. However, if the fixed center LED unit or printed circuit board is damaged or ineffective, the entire overhead console housing unit must be replaced.

1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable. On vehicles equipped with the optional Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) system, a technician trained in proper HEV service safety procedures must also remove the high voltage service disconnect from the high voltage battery pack.
2. Remove the overhead console unit (4) from the headliner. Overhead Console - Removal.
3. From the top of the overhead console housing, disconnect the pod pigtail wire connector (2) from the fixed dome lamp printed circuit board in the center of the console housing.
4. Pry gently and evenly on one of the pod mounting stanchions (1) far enough to disengage the pivot pin on one side of the pod (3).
5. Pry gently and evenly on the mounting stanchion on the opposite side of the pod far enough to disengage the opposite pivot pin.
6. Lift the pod out of its receptacle within the overhead console housing.