Dodge Repair: Overhead Console Lights, latch tabs, garage door opener


Question
Hello, I can not figure out or find an answer in my owners book for a 1999 dodge 1500 4wd on how to access the bulbs and switches on the center console. The lights keep coming on on their own and the switches no longer are working so I want to access this area to troublshoot an or replace the defective components. thank you

Answer
OVERHEAD CONSOLE
REMOVAL
Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
Open the garage door opener storage bin door and locate the two overhead console latch tabs near the front of the bin Overhead Console Latch Tabs
While pulling gently downward on the front of the overhead console, push the latch tabs forward until each latch is disengaged from its receptacle in the inner roof panel.
Slide the overhead console rearward far enough to disengage the two mounting hooks on the rear of the housing from the mounting holes in the inner roof panel.
Lower the overhead console from the headliner far enough to access the wire harness connector.
Disconnect the roof wire harness connector from the overhead console wire harness connector.
Remove the overhead console from the vehicle.
INSTALLATION
Position the overhead console near the mounting location on the headliner in the vehicle.
Reconnect the roof wire harness connector to the overhead console wire harness connector.
Engage the two mounting hooks on the rear of the overhead console housing in the mounting holes in the inner roof panel.
Slide the overhead console forward far enough to align the two latches on the front of the housing with their receptacles in the inner roof panel.
Push upward firmly and evenly on the front of the overhead console until each of the two latches is fully engaged in its receptacle in the inner roof panel.
Close the garage door opener storage bin door.
Reconnect the battery negative cable.