Seat Belt Buckle: Installation: Rear
WARNING:
To avoid personal injury or death, 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 inoperative 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 faulty seat belt and child restraint components with the correct, new and unused replacement parts listed in the DaimlerChrysler Mopar Parts Catalog.
- Unlatch the rear seat back and fold it forward far enough to access the mounting location for the rear seat belt buckle anchor to the rear floor panel between the rear seat back and the rear seat cushion.
- Position the rear seat belt buckle and anchor between the rear seat back and the rear seat cushion as a unit. See Figure.
- Lower the rear seat belt buckle anchor over the stud on the rear floor panel.
- Install and tighten the screw that secures the rear seat belt buckle anchor to the rear floor panel. Tighten the screw to 43 N.m (32 ft. lbs.).