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WARNING: 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.
WARNING: 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(R) Parts Catalog.
NOTE: The following procedure is for replacement of an ineffective or damaged seat belt and retractor unit. The front retractor also includes 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. Service and Repair . 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. Service and Repair .
NOTE: All seat belt retractors except the driver side front retractor include a switchable automatic locking mechanism. Seat Belt Retractor - Description .
1. Position the seat belt and retractor (1) into the vehicle as a unit.
2. If the retractor is so equipped, reconnect the body wire harness connector (3) to the connector receptacle for the seat belt switch located near the bottom of the retractor.
3. Reconnect the yellow body wire harness connector (2) to the seat belt tensioner initiator on the retractor.
4. Angle the top of the retractor into the opening in the lower inner B-pillar (1) then roll the lower end of the retractor into the opening.
5. Install and tighten the screw (6) that secures the retractor lower bracket to the base of the inner B-pillar. Tighten the screw to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.).
6. Position the belt web guide (5) to the B-pillar and use hand pressure to press it firmly and evenly until the two clips that secure it snap into place.
7. Route the front seat belt turning loop and lower anchor through the seat belt opening in the lower B-pillar trim (3).
8. Reinstall the lower trim onto the B-pillar. B-Pillar Trim Panel - Installation.
9. Position the seat belt turning loop onto the height adjuster (2) on the upper B-pillar. Be certain that the seat belt webbing between the retractor and the turning loop is not twisted.
10. Install and tighten the screw (4) that secures the turning loop to the height adjuster. Tighten the screw to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.).
11. Insert the upper tab of the turning loop trim cover (2) into the slot in the height adjuster cover above the knob on the upper B-pillar, then roll the bottom of the cover down over the turning loop and use hand pressure to press firmly and evenly on the cover until it snaps into place.
12. Position the seat belt (3) lower anchor to the mounting hole on the outboard side of the front seat cushion frame. Be certain that the seat belt webbing between the turning loop and the lower anchor is not twisted.
13. Install and tighten the screw (2) that secures the lower anchor to the seat. Tighten the screw to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.).
14. Reinstall the lower anchor cover (1) onto the front seat cushion outboard side shield (4).
15. Do not reconnect the battery negative cable at this time. The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Verification Test procedure should be performed following service of any SRS component. Service and Repair.