Front Center

FRONT CENTER






WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supplemental restraint system 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 supplemental restraint system. 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. Failure to follow these instructions may result in possible serious or fatal injury.

NOTE: The following procedure is for replacement of an ineffective or damaged seat belt and retractor unit. The front center retractor also includes a seat belt tensioner. If the front center 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. . 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. .

1. Position the front center seat belt and retractor (1) between the back panel of the seat back trim cover and the seat back frame as a unit.
2. Reconnect the vehicle wire harness connector for the seat belt tensioner to the initiator receptacle of the retractor located at the upper right corner of the retractor. Be certain that the latch on the connector and the orange Connector Position Assurance (CPA) lock are each fully engaged.
3. Position the retractor to the bracket (3) on the back of the seat back frame. Be certain to engage the tab (2) on the retractor bracket into the locating notch of the seat frame bracket.
4. Install and tighten the screw (4) that secures the retractor to the seat frame bracket. Tighten the screw to 37 Nm (27 ft. lbs.).
5. Route the seat belt lower anchor, latch plate, trim bezel and webbing through the top of the seat back frame. Be certain that the webbing between the retractor and the top of the seat back frame is not twisted.
6. Engage the J-clips that secure the front and back panels of the seat back trim cover to each other at the base of the seat back.
7. Position the seat belt trim bezel to the top of the seat back.
8. Install and tighten the screw that secures the trim bezel to the top of the seat frame bracket. Tighten the screw securely.
9. Position the front center seat belt lower anchor to the seat frame. Be certain that the webbing between the turning loop and the lower anchor is not twisted.
10. Install and tighten the screw that secures the lower anchor to the seat frame. Tighten the screw to 37 Nm (27 ft. lbs.).
11. Reinstall the two-position front passenger bench seat into the vehicle. .
12. Do not reconnect the battery negative cable at this time. The supplemental restraint system verification test procedure should be performed following service of any supplemental restraint system component. .