Jeep Cherokee
Service Manual
Audio systems » Removal and installation
Speaker

FRONT DOOR

LOWER

(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.

(2) If the vehicle is so equipped, remove the manual window regulator crank handle with a removal tool (Fig. 6).

(3) Remove the screws that secure the front door trim panel to the inner door panel (Fig. 7) or (Fig. 8).

Fig. 6 Window Regulator Crank Handle Remove - Typical

1 - DOOR HANDLE REMOVAL TOOL
2 - WINDOW CRANK

Fig. 7 Front Door Trim Panel Remove/Install - Manual Window

1 - U-NUT
2 - DOOR
3 - TRIM PANEL
4 - WINDOW CRANK
5 - SPACER
6 - PUSH-IN FASTENER

(4) Using a trim stick or another suitable wide flat-bladed tool, gently pry the front door trim panel away from the door around the perimeter to release the trim panel retainers.

NOTE: To aid in the removal of the trim panel, start at the bottom of the panel.

(5) Lift the front door trim panel upwards and away from the inner door panel far enough to disengage the top of the panel from the inner belt weatherstrip.

Fig. 8 Front Door Trim Panel Remove/Install - Power Window

1 - U-NUT
2 - DOOR
3 - TRIM PANEL
4 - PUSH-IN FASTENER

(6) Pull the front door trim panel away from the inner door panel far enough to access the inside door latch release and lock linkage rods near the back of the inside door remote controls.

(7) Unsnap the plastic retainer clips from the inside door remote control ends of the latch release and lock linkage rods, and remove the rod ends from the inside door remote controls.

(8) If the vehicle is so equipped, unplug the wire harness connectors from the door power switch module and, on the driver side only, the power mirror switch.

(9) Set the front door trim panel aside.

(10) Remove the two screws that secure the speaker to the lower front corner of the inner door panel (Fig. 9).

(11) Pull the speaker away from the inner door panel far enough to access and unplug the speaker wire harness connector.

(12) Remove the speaker from the door.

(13) Reverse the removal procedures to install.

Tighten the speaker mounting screws to 1.1 N·m (10 in. lbs.). Tighten the trim panel mounting screws to 2.2 N·m (20 in. lbs.).

UPPER

(1) Remove the front door trim panel from the front door. See Speaker, Front Door, Lower in this group for the procedures.

(2) Remove the one screw that secures the front door flag trim to the inner door panel (Fig. 10).

Fig. 9 Front Door Lower Speaker Remove/Install

1 - SPEAKER
2 - WIRE HARNESS CONNECTORS
3 - NUT
4 - SCREW

Fig. 10 Front Door Flag Trim Panel Remove/Install

1 - FRONT DOOR
2 - DOOR FLAG TRIM PANEL
3 - RETAINER
4 - SCREW
5 - UPPER SPEAKER WIRE HARNESS

(3) Using a trim stick or another suitable wide flat-bladed tool, gently pry the door flag trim away from the inner door to release the trim panel retainer.

(4) Pull the front door flag trim away from the inner door panel far enough to access and unplug the upper speaker wire harness connector.

(5) Unsnap the speaker from the retainers molded into the back side of the front door flag trim panel.

(6) Reverse the removal procedures to install.

Tighten the mounting screw to 2.2 N·m (20 in. lbs.).

REAR HEADLINER

The rear headliner speakers can be serviced without removing the headliner using the procedures that follow. The headliner speaker support structure is integral to the headliner assembly. Refer to Group 23 - Body for the headliner service procedures.

(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.

(2) Using a trim stick or another suitable wide flat-bladed tool, gently pry around the perimeter edge of the rear headliner speaker grille to release the five snap retainers that secure the grille to the headliner speaker support structure (Fig. 11).

Fig. 11 Rear Headliner Speaker Remove/Install