Front Seat Belt Height Adjuster, Removing And Installing

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Remove the Seat Belt Height Adjuster

-- Press belt height adjuster button and bring height adjuster slide. Refer to -Item 5- FRONT SEAT BELT HEIGHT ADJUSTER OVERVIEW into lowest position.

-- Remove the B-pillar trim. Refer to B-PILLAR TRIM OVERVIEW .

-- Lay aside the B-pillar trim with the belt webbing threaded through.

-- Remove the bolt -3-.

Fig 1: Belt Height Adjuster -4-

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-- Remove belt relay -2- with belt webbing -1-.

-- Remove the bolt -5-.

-- Pull seat belt height adjuster -4- up and out of the B-pillar.

Install the Seat Belt Height Adjuster

NOTE:

Replacement seat belt height adjusters are always in the bottom-most locking position (assembly position).

If removed seat belt height adjusters are reinstalled, these should be placed in the bottom-most position (assembly position).

-- Engage seat belt height adjuster -4- in the B-pillar.

Fig 2: Belt Height Adjuster -4-

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-- Install screw -5- and tighten it to the specification.

-- Install the safety belt relay -2- and tighten screw -3- to the tightening specification.

NOTE:

The belt height adjuster button must not be pressed when installing the B-pillar trim with the slide. Refer to -Item 5- FRONT SEAT BELT HEIGHT ADJUSTER OVERVIEW.

Ensure that the seat belt height adjuster is in the bottom-most position.

-- Ensure that sliding piece mount -3- of B-pillar trim -1- engages on retaining pins -4- of the seat belt height adjuster.

Fig 3: Guide Belt Webbing -2- Through B-Pillar Trim -1-

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-- Install B-pillar trim -1-. Refer to B-PILLAR TRIM OVERVIEW , noting belt webbing -2-.

Seat Belt Height Adjuster as Replacement Part

-- After installing the B-pillar trim, forcefully press the slide. Refer to -Item 5- FRONT SEAT BELT HEIGHT ADJUSTER OVERVIEW upward (approx. 60 Nm).

This removes the seat belt height adjuster assembly anchorage.

Procedure for All Seat Belt Height Adjusters

-- Check function.

Refer to FRONT SEAT BELT HEIGHT ADJUSTER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

The seat belt height adjuster must audibly engage all 5 possible positions (and in the top-most position too).
Belt height adjuster button must return to upper position by itself after being pressed.
Belt relay must swing into vertical position or carrier direction by itself after tightening screw.

If any functions did not work, the seat belt height adjuster assembly must be checked; the height adjuster may need to be replaced.

Tightening specification. Refer to FRONT SEAT BELT HEIGHT ADJUSTER OVERVIEW .