Front Outboard - Except Standard Cab
To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) 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 SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.
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.
The following procedure is for replacement of an ineffective or damaged seat belt and retractor unit. The front outboard retractors also include a seat belt tensioner. If the front 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. Refer to Standard Procedure . 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. .
All seat belt retractors except the driver side front retractor include a switchable automatic locking mechanism. Refer to RETRACTOR, Seat Belt , Description .
- Adjust the front seat to its most forward position for easiest access to the front seat belt lower anchor (3) and the lower B-pillar trim.
- Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable. Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before further service.
- On the passenger side only, remove the trim cover from the front seat riser as necessary to access the front seat belt lower anchor. Refer to SEAT, Front , RemovalSEAT, Front Center , Removal .
- Remove the screw (2) that secures the lower anchor (3) to the floor panel (4) near the base of the B-pillar (1).
- Firmly grasp the top of the trim cover (3) for the front seat belt turning loop height adjuster (1) on the inside of the upper B-pillar and pull it away from the height adjuster far enough unsnap it, then disengage the lower snap features of the trim cover from the adjuster and discard. The trim cover is a one time component and is not intended for reuse.
- Remove the screw (4) that secures the seat belt turning loop (5) to the height adjuster on the upper B-pillar.
- Remove the seat belt turning loop from the height adjuster.
- Remove the lower trim from the inside of the B-pillar. Refer to PANEL, B-Pillar Trim, Lower , Removal .
- Disengage the two clips that secure the belt web guide (2) to the B-pillar (1).
- Remove the screw (3) that secures the upper retractor (6) bracket to the B-pillar.
- Remove the screw (5) that secures the lower retractor bracket to the B-pillar.
- Disengage the locating tab on the upper retractor bracket from the clearance hole in the inner B-pillar.
- Disconnect the yellow connector (2) of the body wire harness (3) from the seat belt tensioner initiator on the retractor (1).
- Remove the front outboard seat belt and retractor from the vehicle as a unit.