Front - Bucket Seat

FRONT - BUCKET SEAT

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 DaimlerChrysler Mopar(R) Parts Catalog.




1. On the driver side only, move the bucket seat (3) to its most forward position for easiest access to the seat belt switch pigtail wire and connector.
2. On the driver side only, remove the wire ties that secure the seat belt switch pigtail wire to the seat frame.
3. On the driver side only, pull the seat belt switch pigtail wire out through the clearance hole in the seat riser cover far enough to access and disconnect the pigtail wire from the vehicle wire harness.
4. If the vehicle is so equipped, unsnap and remove the plastic trim cap from the screw (1) that secures the front seat belt buckle (2) lower anchor to the inboard side of the seat frame.
5. Remove the screw that secures the buckle lower anchor to the inboard side of the seat frame.
6. Remove the buckle from the inboard side of the seat frame.