Rear Center - Mega Cab

REAR CENTER - MEGA CAB

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: All seat belt retractors except the driver side front retractor include a switchable automatic locking mechanism. Description.





1. Position the rear center seat belt and retractor unit into the 60 percent section of the rear seat back frame (3). Be certain the tab (5) on the retractor bracket is engaged in the slot in the frame.
2. Install and tighten the screw (4) that secures the rear center seat belt retractor to the seat back frame. Tighten the screw to 60 Nm (44 ft. lbs.).
3. Position the belt bracket (1) of the rear center seat belt onto the top of the seat back frame. Be certain the tab (2) on the bracket is engaged in the slot in the frame.
4. Install and tighten the two screws (6) that secure the belt bracket of the rear center seat belt to the seat back frame. Tighten the screws to 60 Nm (44 ft. lbs.).
5. Reinstall the trim cover onto the 60 percent section of the rear seat back frame. Seat Back Cushion / Cover - Installation .




6. Engage the rear center seat belt bezel (2) over the webbing of the rear center seat belt.
7. Position the bezel over the belt bracket on the top of the rear seat back (1).
8. Install and tighten the two screws (3) that secure the bezel to the belt bracket on the top of the rear seat back frame. Tighten the screws to 5 Nm (44 in. lbs.).




9. Route the center seat belt lower anchor between the seat back (1) and the seat cushion (2) and position it to the anchor bracket (3). Be certain the belt webbing is not twisted between the retractor and the anchor bracket.
10. Install and tighten the screw (7) that secures the seat belt lower anchor to the anchor bracket. Tighten the screw to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.).
11. Restore the 60 percent seat back filler panel and the seat back to their previous positions.