General Procedure
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WARNING:
All safety belt components must be inspected and corrected as part of any collision repair. Inspect all safety belt components as prescribed by Safety Belt Inspection and Repair After a Collision
. Failure to follow this instruction may result in incorrect operation of the safety belt system and increase the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.
WARNING:
After a crash, all of the following second and third row safety belt components and attaching hardware must be inspected and tested to verify correct function:
Components that do not operate correctly or pass all Functional Tests in the Component Tests must be replaced with new components. Safety belt assembly attaching areas must be inspected. Damaged or distorted attaching areas must be restored to their original structural integrity and a new safety belt assembly with new attaching hardware must be installed. Deployed inflatable safety belts must be replaced with new inflatable components (including retractors, buckles and inflators) and all parts in the service kit. Failure to install new safety belt systems and attaching hardware increases the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.
- Retractors
- Buckles
- Child safety seat tether bracket assemblies
- Automatic locking retractor (ALR) feature for child safety seats (passenger seating positions only)
- Inflatable safety belt systems
Components that do not operate correctly or pass all Functional Tests in the Component Tests must be replaced with new components. Safety belt assembly attaching areas must be inspected. Damaged or distorted attaching areas must be restored to their original structural integrity and a new safety belt assembly with new attaching hardware must be installed. Deployed inflatable safety belts must be replaced with new inflatable components (including retractors, buckles and inflators) and all parts in the service kit. Failure to install new safety belt systems and attaching hardware increases the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.
- Before installing the new safety belt assembly, the safety belt attaching areas must be inspected for damage and distortion. If the attaching points are damaged and distorted, the sheet metal must be reworked back to its original shape and structural integrity.
- Install new safety belt(s) at any seating position(s) where deployment has occurred and the safety belt(s) were used. Refer to SAFETY BELT SYSTEM and carry out the appropriate FUNCTIONAL TEST procedure for all seating positions.