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Rear Center - Quad Cab

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.

NOTE:
- The rear center seat belt and retractor is secured to a mounting bracket that includes the right outboard occupant seat belt buckle. The rear right outboard occupant buckle is available for service only as a unit with the center seat belt and retractor.
- All seat belt retractors except the driver's side front retractor include a switchable automatic locking mechanism.

REMOVAL




1. Lift up the rear seat cushion into its stowed position against the rear seat back.
2. Remove the screw (5) that secures the center seat belt lower anchor and the left side of the seat belt retractor mounting bracket to the rear floor panel.
3. Remove the rear seat from the vehicle. On vehicles with the optional 60/40 split rear bench, only the 60 percent section (right side) of the rear seat must be removed.
4. Lift upward on the forward edge of the rear center seat belt bezel (2) at the top of the cab back panel (1) to release the snap features that secure the bezel to the belt bracket.
5. Remove the bezel from the webbing of the rear center seat belt.
6. Lift the rear center seat belt cover (3) off of the belt bracket at the top of the cab back panel and remove the cover from the webbing of the rear center seat belt.
7. Remove the two screws (4) that secure the belt bracket of the rear center seat belt to the body bracket on the upper cab back panel reinforcement.
8. Remove the belt bracket of the rear center seat belt from the body bracket.
9. Remove the screw (7) that secures the right side of the seat belt retractor mounting bracket and the right outboard occupant buckle (6) unit to the rear floor panel near the base of the cab back panel.
10. Remove the rear center seat belt and retractor unit from the vehicle.

INSTALLATION




1. Position the rear center seat belt retractor and right outboard occupant buckle unit (6) onto the rear floor panel near the base of the cab back panel (1).
2. Loosely install the screw (7) that secures the right side of the seat belt retractor mounting bracket and the right outboard occupant buckle unit to the rear floor panel near the base of the cab back panel.
3. Position the belt bracket of the rear center seat belt onto the body bracket on the upper cab back panel reinforcement.
4. Install and tighten the two screws (4) that secure the belt bracket to the body bracket. Tighten the screws to 20 N.m (15 ft. lbs.).
5. Lift the webbing of the rear center seat belt and slide the cover (3) over the belt bracket at the top of the cab back panel until it is fully seated.
6. Route the rear center seat belt bezel (2) over the webbing of the rear center seat belt.
7. Position the rear center seat belt bezel over the cover and belt bracket at the top of the cab back panel and engage the rearward snap features of the bezel with the belt bracket. Using hand pressure, press firmly and evenly downward on the front of the bezel until it snaps into place over the cover and belt bracket.
8. Reinstall the rear seat into the vehicle. On vehicles with the optional 60/40 split rear bench, only the 60 percent section (right side) of the rear seat must be reinstalled.
9. Insert the rear center seat belt lower anchor between the rear seat back and the seat cushion, and position the anchor to the left side of the seat belt retractor mounting bracket on the rear floor panel.
10. Install and tighten the screw (5) that secures the center seat belt lower anchor and the left side of the seat belt retractor mounting bracket to the rear floor panel. Tighten the screw to 40 N.m (29 ft. lbs.).
11. Tighten the screw that secures the right side of the seat belt retractor mounting bracket to the rear floor panel to 40 N.m (29 ft. lbs.).
12. Restore the rear seat cushion to its seating position.
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