Power Distribution Center: Removal

The Power Distribution Center (PDC) main housing unit, the PDC fuse wedges and the PDC bus bars cannot be repaired and are only serviced as a unit with the dash wire harness. If the PDC main housing unit, the fuse wedges or the bus bars are faulty or damaged, the entire PDC and dash wire harness unit must be replaced.

1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Disconnect each of the dash wire harness connectors. Refer to ELECTRICAL COMPONENT LOCATOR for the location of the dash wire harness connector locations.
3. Remove all of the fasteners that secure each of the dash wire harness ground eyelets to the vehicle body and chassis components. Refer to ELECTRICAL COMPONENT LOCATOR for the location of the ground eyelet locations.
4. Disengage each of the retainers that secure the dash wire harness to the vehicle body and chassis components. Refer to ELECTRICAL COMPONENT LOCATOR for the location of the dash wire harness retainer locations.
5. Unlatch and open the PDC cover (Fig 1).
6. Remove the two nuts that secure the eyelet terminal of the battery positive cable take out and the engine wire harness generator output take out to the PDC B(+) terminal studs.
7. Remove the battery positive cable take out and the engine wire harness generator output take out eyelet terminal from the B(+) terminal studs.
   Fig 1: Removing Power Distribution Center Cover (2 Of 2)

   Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
8. Disengage the latches on the PDC housing mounts from the tabs on the PDC bracket stanchions, and pull the PDC housing upward to disengage the mounts from the stanchions of the bracket.
9. Remove the PDC and the dash wire harness from the engine compartment as a unit.