Front Safety Belts

Front Safety Belts

• Removing and installing on the left side of the vehicle is described here. Removing and installing on the right side is identical.

Removing


• Always read the General Safety Precautions before working on airbags, seat belt tensioners and battery cut-out units (pyrotechnic components. Refer to => [ Seat Belt and Airbag Components, General Safety Precautions ] Seat Belt and Airbag Components, General Safety Precautions.

• Refer to the special information regarding seat belt tensioners.

- Disconnect the battery.

- Remove the upper B-pillar trim. Refer to => [ Upper B-Pillar Trim, Loosening and Fastening ] Upper B-Pillar Trim, Loosening and Fastening.

- Remove the B-pillar lower trim. Refer to => [ Lower B-Pillar Trim ] Lower B-Pillar Trim.

- Remove the bolt - 1 - (40 Nm) and loosen the seat belt ring - 2 - from the seat belt height adjuster - 3 -.






- Remove the seat belt relay - 1 - from the B-pillar - 2 - in direction of - arrow -.

- Remove the seat belt - 3 - from the seat belt relay - 1 -.






USA Only:

- Disconnect the connectors - 1 - and - 2 - from the automatic belt retractors - 3 -.






All Vehicles:

- Disconnect the connector - 1 - from the automatic belt retractor - 2 -.






- Remove the screw - 2 - (40 Nm) and loosen the belt end fitting - 5 - off the body.


The screw - 2 - may be micro-encapsulated and must be heated using a hot air gun before loosening. While doing this, protect the neighboring seat belt against excessive heat with a moist towel.

• If the screw is micro-encapsulated, it must be replaced every time it is loosened.

• Before installing the new bolt, threads on nut must be cleaned, re-cut if necessary.

- Remove the bolt - 3 - and the automatic belt retractor - 1 - from the mount.







Electrostatic discharges can lead to unintended deployment of the belt tensioner. Therefore, the technician must discharge static electricity from the body before disconnecting the ignition and ground wiring. This is done, for example, by briefly touching the vehicle body or the door striker pin.

Installation

- Make sure the guide - 4 - on the belt end fitting - 5 - fits inside the mount on the body - 6 -. Tighten the bolt - 2 - (40 Nm).

- Install in reverse order of removal.

- Connect the battery.