SERVICE MANUAL

2005
TOWN & COUNTRY
AND CARAVAN
To order the speci al servi ce tool s used and
i l l ustrated, pl ease refer to the i nstructi ons on
i nsi de back cover.
NO PART OF THI S PUBLI CATI ON MAY BE
REPRODUCED, STORED I N A RETRI EVAL
SYSTEM, OR TRANSMI TTED, I N ANY FORM OR
BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONI C, MECHANI CAL,
PHOTOCOPYI NG, RECORDI NG, OR OTHERWI SE,
WI THOUT THE PRI OR WRI TTEN PERMI SSI ON
OF DAI MLERCHRYSLER CORPORATI ON.
DaimlerChrysler Corporation reserves the right to make changes in design or
to make additions to or improvements in its products without imposing any
obligations upon itself to install them on its products previously manufac-
tured.
Copyright 2004 DaimlerChrysler Corporation
FOREWORD
The i nformati on contai ned i n thi s servi ce manual has been prepared for the professi onal automoti ve tech-
ni ci an i nvol ved i n dai l y repai r operati ons. I nformati on descri bi ng the operati on and use of standard and
opti onal equi pment i s i ncl uded i n the Owners Manual provi ded wi th the vehi cl e.
I nformati on i n thi s manual i s di vi ded i nto groups. These groups contai n descri pti on, operati on, di agnosi s,
testi ng, adjustments, removal , i nstal l ati on, di sassembl y, and assembl y procedures for the systems and compo-
nents. To assi st i n l ocati ng a group ti tl e page, use the Group Tab Locator by cl i cki ng on the fol l owi ng page.
The sol i d bar after the group ti tl e i s al i gned to a sol i d tab on the fi rst page of each group. The fi rst page of the
group has a contents secti on that l i sts major topi cs wi thi n the group. I f you are not sure whi ch Group contai ns
the i nformati on you need, l ook up the Component/System i n the al phabeti cal i ndex l ocated i n the rear of thi s
manual .
A Servi ce Manual Comment form i s i ncl uded at the rear of thi s manual . Use the form to provi de
Dai ml erChrysl er Corporati on wi th your comments and suggesti ons.
Ti ghteni ng torques are provi ded as a speci fi c val ue throughout thi s manual . Thi s val ue represents the
mi dpoi nt of the acceptabl e engi neeri ng torque range for a gi ven fastener appl i cati on. These torque val ues are
i ntended for use i n servi ce assembl y and i nstal l ati on procedures usi ng the correct OEM fasteners. When
repl aci ng fasteners, al ways use the same type (part number) fastener as removed.
Dai ml erChrysl er Corporati on reserves the ri ght to change testi ng procedures, speci fi cati ons, di agnosi s,
repai r methods, or vehi cl e wi ri ng at any ti me wi thout pri or noti ce or i ncurri ng obl i gati on.