Bench Seat Center Seating Position
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 Mopar® Parts Catalog. Failure to follow these instructions may result in possible serious or fatal injury.
- Position the center seating position seat belt and retractor unit behind the passenger bench seat.
- Secure the lower end of the stiff wire left in place within the seat back during the removal procedure to the center seating position seat belt lower anchor.
- While pulling the stiff wire from the turning loop bracket at the top of the seat back frame, guide the lower anchor, turning loop and latch plate through the web guide integral to the bottom of the seat back frame. Be certain the seat belt webbing is not twisted between the retractor and the top of the seat back.
- When the lower anchor becomes accessible from the top of the seat back frame, disengage the stiff wire from the lower anchor.
- Working from the front of the passenger bench seat, assemble the screw (1), retainer (2), spacer (3) and two washers (4) onto the seat belt turning loop in the illustrated order.
- Position the assembled turning loop (2) to the turning loop bracket integral to the top of the seat back frame.
- Install and tighten the screw (1) that secures the turning loop to the bracket. Tighten the screw to the proper specifications. Refer to TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS .
- Thread the lower anchor, latch plate and webbing (3) through the opening of the trim cover (1).
- Position the trim cover over the turning loop bracket at the top of the seat back frame.
- Install and tighten the two screws (2) that secure the trim cover to the bracket. Tighten the screws securely.
- Push the lower anchor down between the seat back and the seat cushion. Be certain the seat belt webbing is not twisted between the turning loop and the lower anchor.
- Working from behind the passenger bench seat, position the retractor (1) to the seat riser frame bracket.
- Install and tighten the screw (2) that secures the retractor bracket to the riser frame bracket. Tighten the screw to the proper specifications. Refer to TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS .
- Position the seat belt lower anchor (1) and the weld nut and bracket unit (2) to the left side of the seat riser frame bracket.
- Tighten the screw (1) that secures the outboard seating position seat belt buckle tensioner (3) to the right side of the seat riser frame bracket and the center seating position seat belt lower anchor to the left side of the seat riser frame bracket. Tighten the screw to the proper specifications. Refer to TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS .
- Position the trim cover (1) over the retractor and to the seat riser frame bracket.
- Install and tighten the screw (2) that secures the trim cover to the bracket. Tighten the screw securely.
- Do not connect the negative battery cable at this time. The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Verification Test procedure should be performed following service of any SRS component. Refer to SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM VERIFICATION TEST .