FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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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. Position the front seat belt buckle (2) to the inboard side of the front bucket seat (3) frame.
2. Install and tighten the screw (1) that secures the buckle lower anchor to the inboard side of the front seat frame. Tighten the screw to 37 Nm (27 ft. lbs.).
3. If the vehicle is so equipped, snap the plastic trim cap over the screw that secures the buckle lower anchor to the seat frame.
4. On the driver side only, reconnect the seat belt switch pigtail wire to the vehicle wire harness and push the joined connectors through the clearance hole in the seat riser cover.
5. On the driver side only, route and secure the seat belt switch pigtail wire to the seat frame with wire ties.