Removal And Installation: Rear: Removal
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.
The rear right (1) and rear center (2) seat belt buckles are serviced individually; however, the rear center lower anchor (3) and rear left (4) buckles are serviced only as a unit. In vehicles manufactured for Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) markets, each of the rear buckles (except the center lower anchor buckle) also includes a seat belt switch and pigtail wire harness. Seat belt switches are not used in the rear buckles of vehicles manufactured for North American markets.
- Disconnect and isolate the negative battery cable. If equipped with an Intelligent Battery Sensor (IBS), disconnect the IBS connector first before disconnecting the negative battery cable. Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before further service.
- Release the rear center seat belt lower anchor from the lower anchor buckle
Refer to BUCKLE, SEAT BELT, STANDARD PROCEDURE .
- Remove the rear seat cushion from the vehicle. Refer to SEAT CUSHION, REMOVAL .
- If equipped, disconnect the seat belt switch pigtail wire connector for the buckle being serviced from the body wire harness.
- Remove the fastener or fasteners that secure the rear seat belt buckle anchor to the rear floor panel.
- Remove the buckle unit from the rear floor panel.