Retractor, Seat Belt: Installation: Front
To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.
To avoid serious or fatal injury during and following any seat belt or child restraint anchor service, carefully inspect all seat belts, buckles, mounting hardware, retractors, tether straps, and anchors for proper installation, operation, or damage. Replace any belt that is cut, frayed, or torn. Straighten any belt that is twisted. Tighten any loose fasteners. Replace any belt that has a damaged or ineffective buckle or retractor. Replace any belt that has a bent or damaged latch plate or anchor plate. Replace any child restraint anchor or the unit to which the anchor is integral that has been bent or damaged. Never attempt to repair a seat belt or child restraint component. Always replace damaged or ineffective seat belt and child restraint components with the correct, new and unused replacement parts listed in the Chrysler Mopar® Parts Catalog.
The following procedure is for replacement of an ineffective or damaged seat belt and retractor unit. The front outboard retractors also include a seat belt tensioner. If the front seat belt or retractor is ineffective or damaged, but the seat belt tensioner is not deployed, review the recommended procedures for Handling Non-Deployed Supplemental Restraints. Refer to STANDARD PROCEDURE . If the seat belt tensioner has been deployed, review the recommended procedures for Service After A Supplemental Restraint Deployment before removing the unit from the vehicle. Refer to STANDARD PROCEDURE .
All seat belt retractors except the driver side front retractor include a switchable automatic locking mechanism. Refer to RETRACTOR, SEAT BELT, DESCRIPTION .
- Position the front seat belt and retractor (1) into the vehicle as a unit.
- Engage the hooks on the retractor upper bracket into the slots in the quarter inner panel.
- Engage the locator tab on the retractor lower bracket into the locator hole in the quarter inner panel.
- Install and tighten the screw (3) that secures the retractor lower bracket to the quarter inner panel. Tighten the screw to SPECIFICATIONS .
- Install and tighten the screw (2) that secures the retractor upper bracket to the quarter inner panel. Tighten the screw to SPECIFICATIONS .
- Reconnect the yellow body wire harness connector to the retractor tensioner initiator.
- Position the web guide for the seat belt (2) to the quarter inner panel just below the belt line. Be certain that the belt webbing is not twisted between the retractor and the web guide.
- Install and tighten the two screws (1) that secure the web guide to the quarter inner panel. Tighten the screws to SPECIFICATIONS .
- Reinstall the trim panel onto the lower quarter inner panel. Refer to PANEL, QUARTER TRIM, INSTALLATION .
- Position the front seat belt lower anchor plate (1) to the inner floor sill near the base of the B-pillar. Be certain that the belt webbing is not twisted between the web guide and the lower anchor plate.
- Install and tighten the screw (2) that secures the lower anchor plate to the inner floor sill. Tighten the screw to SPECIFICATIONS .
- Do not reconnect the negative cable to the battery at this time. The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Verification Test procedure should be performed following service of any SRS component. Refer to STANDARD PROCEDURE .