Diesel Data: Automotive Repair

Rear






REAR SEAT

WARNING: 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 Chrysler Mopar(R) Parts Catalog.





1. Position the right or left rear seat belt buckle (2) anchor plate onto the onto the rear seat hinge bracket (3) on the rear floor panel.
2. Install and tighten the screw (1) that secures the buckle and bracket to the rear floor panel. Tighten the screw to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.).
3. Position the rear seat cushion over the rear floor panel.
4. Insert the right and left rear seat belt latch plates through their respective right and left buckle clearance holes in the rear seat cushion and connect them to their respective right and left buckles.
5. Use the seat belt webbing to pull the buckles up through the clearance holes in the rear seat cushion while lowering the cushion into position.
6. Reinstall the rear seat cushion onto the rear floor panel. Seat Cushion Cover - Installation.