Front Outboard - Standard Cab
FRONT OUTBOARD - STANDARD CAB
WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.
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 DaimlerChrysler Mopar(R) Parts Catalog.
NOTE: The following procedure is for replacement of an ineffective or damaged seat belt and retractor unit. On light-duty DR 1500 the front retractor also includes a seat belt tensioner. If the front seat belt or retractor is ineffective or damaged, but the seat belt tensioner is not deployed, review the recommended procedures for handling non-deployed supplemental restraints. Service and Repair. If the seat belt tensioner has been deployed, review the recommended procedures for service after a supplemental restraint deployment before removing the unit from the vehicle. Service After an Airbag Deployment.
NOTE: The seat belt retractor on the driver side of all standard cab vehicles includes a tension reducer. Description. All seat belt retractors except the driver side front retractor include a switchable automatic locking mechanism. Description.
1. Position the front outboard seat belt and retractor (7) to the inner B-pillar as a unit. Be certain to engage the tab on the upper retractor bracket into the hole in the B-pillar.
2. Loosely install the screw (6) that secures the lower retractor bracket to the B-pillar.
3. Install and tighten the screw (4) that secures the upper retractor bracket to the B-pillar. Tighten the screw to 12 Nm (105 in. lbs.).
4. Tighten the screw that secures the lower retractor bracket to the B-pillar. Tighten the screw to 39 Nm (29 ft. lbs.).
5. Position the belt web guide (1) to the B-pillar and use hand pressure to press it firmly and evenly until the two clips that secure it snap into place.
6. On light-duty DR 1500 only, reconnect the yellow body wire harness connector (5) to the seat belt tensioner initiator on the retractor.
7. On the driver side only, reconnect the white body wire harness connector to the seat belt tension reducer connector receptacle near the bottom of the retractor.
8. Reinstall the lower trim (3) onto the inside of the B-pillar. Be certain that the turning loop (2) can be accessed from the face of the lower trim after the seat belt webbing is inserted through the slot in the trim. B-Pillar Trim .
9. Reinstall the upper trim (2) onto the inside of the B-pillar. B-Pillar Trim .
10. Position the seat belt turning loop (5) onto the height adjuster (1) on the upper B-pillar.
11. Install and tighten the screw (4) that secures the turning loop to the height adjuster. Tighten the screw to 39 Nm (29 ft. lbs.).
12. Engage the upper edge of a new trim cover (3) over the top of the turning loop. Then squeeze the lower end of the trim cover and the turning loop together firmly and evenly until the engagement tabs of the trim cover snap into the slots of the turning loop.
13. Position the seat belt (2) lower anchor to the mounting hole on the outboard side of the front seat (1) cushion frame. Be certain that the seat belt webbing between the turning loop and the lower anchor is not twisted.
14. Install and tighten the screw (3) that secures the lower anchor to the seat. Tighten the screw to 39 Nm (29 ft. lbs.).
15. Reinstall the lower anchor cover (4) onto the front seat cushion outboard side shield.
16. Reinstall the stowage tray onto the rear floor panel behind the seat. Load Floor - Installation .
17. Do not reconnect the battery negative cable at this time. The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) verification test procedure should be performed following service of any SRS component. Verification Tests .