Rear Center Anchor And Right Outboard - Mega Cab

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2012 RAM Pickup and 2012 RAM Cab & Chassis. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

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® Parts Catalog. Failure to follow these instructions may result in possible serious or fatal injury.

NOTE:

The rear seat right outboard occupant buckle is serviced as a unit with an anchor bracket. The lower anchor of the rear center seat belt and retractor is also secured to the anchor bracket with a screw so that it can be removed from the anchor bracket and serviced separately from the buckle. Refer to RETRACTOR, SEAT BELT, REMOVAL .

Fig 1: Accessing Rear Center & Outboard Buckle Bracket - Mega Cab

Courtesy of CHRYSLER GROUP, LLC

Fold the 60 percent section of the rear seat back (2) down onto the seat cushion in the cargo storage position, then lift and prop open the seat back filler panel (3) as necessary for easiest access to the rear center seat belt lower anchor and right outboard buckle anchor bracket.

Fig 2: Identifying Seat Back, Seat Cushion, Anchor Bracket, Nut, Rear Mounting Bracket, & Screw
Courtesy of CHRYSLER GROUP, LLC
Remove the screw (7) that secures the center seat belt lower anchor to the anchor bracket (3) and temporarily secure the belt lower anchor to keep it from being pulled from between the seat back (1) and the seat cushion (2) by the retractor.
Remove and discard the screw (6) that secures the buckle anchor bracket and the rear seat rear mounting bracket (5) to the rear floor panel.
Remove the nut (4) that secures the buckle anchor bracket to the stud on the rear seat rear mounting bracket.
Disengage the buckle from between the seat cushion and the seat back, then remove the anchor bracket and buckle from behind the rear seat as a unit.