Rear - Quad Cab
REAR - QUAD 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: The following removal procedure covers service of the rear seat center and left outboard seat belt buckle units. The rear seat right outboard seat belt buckle is serviced as a unit with the rear seat center seat belt and retractor assembly. Seat Belt and Retractor - Removal.
1. Lift up the rear seat cushion into its stowed position against the rear seat back.
2. Remove the screw (2) that secures either the center (4) or the left outboard (3) occupant buckle unit to the rear floor panel near the base of the cab back panel (1). On vehicles with the optional 60/40 split rear bench, the screw that secures the buckle unit also secures one of the rear seat mounting brackets to the rear floor panel.
3. Remove the center or left outboard occupant buckle unit from the rear floor panel or from the rear seat mounting bracket.