Safety Belt Buckle and Pretensioner: Removal
WARNING:
After a crash, the following safety belt components and attaching hardware must be inspected and tested to verify correct function:
- Retractors
- Buckles
- Child safety seat tether bracket assemblies
- ALR feature for child safety seats (passenger seating positions only)
- BTS (if equipped)
- Front safety belt buckle support assemblies (slide bar) (if equipped)
- Safety belt shoulder belt height adjusters (if equipped)
Components that do not operate correctly or pass all Functional Tests in the Component Tests of this section 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.
After deployment of the front safety belt pretensioners, a new safety belt system (including retractors, buckles and height adjusters) must be installed.
Failure to follow this instruction may result in incorrect operation of the safety belt system and increases the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.
WARNING:
Never disassemble or tamper with seat belt deployable components, including pretensioners, load limiters and inflators. Never backprobe deployable device electrical connectors. Tampering or backprobing may cause an accidental deployment and result in personalinjury or death.
NOTE:
The SRS must be fully operational and free of faults before releasing the vehicle to the customer.
- Remove the seat. REFER to REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION - Seating - 1st Row .
- Disconnect the electrical connector and detach the wiring harness pin-type retainer.
- Remove the bolt and safety belt buckle and pretensioner.