Part 1, 1999-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Dashboard Removal

[07860786mn]

faaaaaantastic, thanks a lot for this video im going to do mine tomorrow. if there are any steps missed please let me know. but once again thank you and thanks to your daughters to produce this great video

[THISISITTISISIHT]

so this is what i have to do to change my stereo?

[bbsbcv]

@THISISITTISISIHT No, not at all. To remove the stereo head-unit, you just need to remove the trim fascia around the stereo (I believe it just pries out), and then you'll see the four screws holding the head-unit in. Then it's just unplugging the back and installing the new unit.

[THISISITTISISIHT]

@bbsbcv phew lol thanks ok I just bought a 99 Cherokee 4.0L inline 6 engine now all I need a cd player.

[Stangalang81]

Do you have an installation video? I took the dash and heater core out over 2 months ago then got sent out to the field as im in the military and by the time parts came in and i got off to do it i dont remember what all to do in reverse order?

[bbsbcv]

@Stangalang81 Sorry; just the removal video. Installation is literally the reverse of removal. Can you play a Youtube video in reverse?

[iheartmyrappy]

What exact year is this Jeep? And is the touchscreen navigation system stock? Thanks for the help, Jake

[bbsbcv]

@iheartmyrappy My Grand Cherokee is a 2002 model. The navigation system is a factory RB1 nav unit that I installed, but it is not touchscreen; you navigate the screens through either a knob and pair of buttons on the unit, or using the steering-wheel controls.

[crones99]

I appreciate you taking the time to do this vid...I think I'm gonna give it a go. It's starting to get cold here and I'd like to use my heater. I need to replace the heater core. I think this was a terrible design. Having to take the entire dashboard assembly off is terrible. Thanks for the instructions.

[gary75990]

Thank you so much for doing this. It saved me a lot of money which seems to be in short supply these days. It was a God send. I really appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge. I was able to replace my heater core and also followed your video in reverse to reassemble the dash and - so far - everything in my Jeep works!

[denissedinar]

Can you help me out I have a jeep compass and I wanna change d stereo but I don't know from where to pull it

[bbsbcv]

@denissedinar No, unfortunately I can't help you out, as I don't own a Compass.

[dbellis4]

Thank you so much for putting this up. I would have been lost doing this by the book. Great Job

[tunacelik]

Thanks for putting this on youtube. It helped me a lot during heater core replacement.

[cidjuan]

Thank you for the great job of your daughters and you for this video it really help me a lot my jeep is a 2001, and it covered about 90% of what I had to do, you only missed the side of the engine but I figured out, without your video I couldn't fixed my car. Thanks a lot.

[bmxican7140]

all i wanna kno is how to take the head unit out

[bbsbcv]

@bmxican7140 That just involves removing the bezel around the stereo (I believe it pops off), and removing the screws holding in the unit and disconnecting the plugs on the back. Five minutes, vs. five hours.

[JochenLo68]

You really helped me out. Very good job.

You saved me about 1200 buck if my jeep dealer would have changed my heater core.

Thanks a lot.

[toddlars]

Great job on this video, this really helped me out with replacing my heater core, I dont think I would have attempted this without seeing the video first.

[OscarTkt]

Thank you for posing this video it was very helpful when I removed my dashboard to replace the heater core...Great Job....

[shockracer]

how long did this fix take you? is it just time consuming or is it just a pain in the ass?

thx for the vid's!

[bbsbcv]

@shockracer Without trying to videotape it, I would say it takes about two hours to get everything off, and an hour to get everything back on. Add in whatever time it's going to take to replace the parts in the dash that you need to do. I'd recommend doing the heater-core, A/C evaporator and blend-doors all at the same time, even if they haven't failed yet, at they will, and you'll double your labor-time doing the job all over again.

And it's mainly just picky, time-consuming work.