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Rear Center

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WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, 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 inoperative 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 faulty seat belt and child restraint components with the correct, new and unused replacement parts listed in the DaimlerChrysler Mopar Parts Catalog.
  1. Remove the right center seat belt buckle unit from the floor panel. (Refer to ELECTRICAL/RESTRAINTS/REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE - REMOVAL) .
  2. Unlatch and fold the right rear seat back forward and separate the cargo area carpet from the base of the seat back panel.
  3. Reach between the base of the right rear seat back and the forward edge of the rear cargo floor to access and remove the screw that secures the rear center seat belt lower anchor to the floor panel. See Fig 1.
    Fig 1: Rear Center Seat Belt Anchor Plate Remove/Install
    GC0026618Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
    1 - SCREW (2)
    2 - BUCKLE UNIT
    3 - REAR SEAT BACK
    4 - REAR FLOOR PANEL
    5 - STUD (1)
    6 - ANCHOR PLATE
  4. Lift the rear center seat belt lower anchor off of the stud on the rear floor panel.
  5. Remove the two screws that secure the belt web guide to the top of the right rear seat back panel.
  6. Remove the right rear seat back panel from the vehicle. (Refer to BODY/SEATS/SEAT BACK - REAR - REMOVAL) .
  7. Remove the two screws that secure the belt web guide to the top of the right rear seat back panel.
  8. Remove the trim from the right rear seat back. (Refer to BODY/SEATS/SEAT BACK COVER - REAR - REMOVAL) .
  9. Route the rear seat belt lower anchor and belt web guide through the top of the seat back panel.
  10. Disengage the seat back latch cable fitting from the cable support on the retractor, which is a light snap fit. See Fig 2.
    Fig 2: Seat Back Latch Cable Disengage/Engage
    GC0025859Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
    1 - LEVER
    2 - PLUNGER
    3 - LATCH CABLE FITTING
    4 - REAR CENTER RETRACTOR
    5 - SUPPORT
  11. Remove the screw that secures the retractor to the rear seat back panel. See Fig 3.
    Fig 3: Rear Center Retractor Remove/Install
    GC0026617Courtesy of DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
    1 - REAR SEAT BACK PANEL
    2 - SCREW (1)
  12. Remove the rear center seat belt and retractor unit from the seat back panel.
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