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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 Chrysler Mopar(R) Parts Catalog.

NOTE: The following procedure is for replacement of an ineffective or damaged seat belt and retractor unit. 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 and Repair .





1. Position the seat belt and retractor (5) into the vehicle as a unit.
2. Reconnect the yellow body wire harness connector (1) to the seat belt tensioner initiator on the retractor.
3. On the passenger side only, reconnect the yellow body wire harness connector to the adaptive tension limiter initiator on the retractor.
4. Position the retractor lower bracket to the inner B-pillar (4).
5. Install and tighten the screw (3) that secures the retractor to the inner B-pillar. Tighten the screw to 58 Nm (43 ft. lbs.).
6. Engage the retainer (2) that secures the retractor wiring to the inner B-pillar.





7. Position the seat belt turning loop onto the trim support bracket (2) on the upper inner B-pillar (3). Be certain that the seat belt webbing between the retractor and the turning loop is not twisted.
8. Install and tighten the screw (1) that secures the turning loop to the bracket. Tighten the screw to 45 Nm (33 ft. lbs.).
9. Reinstall the lower trim onto the inside of the B-pillar. Rear Quarter Trim Panel - Installation.
10. Route the front seat belt lower anchor through the seat belt opening in the upper B-pillar trim.
11. Reinstall the upper trim onto the inside of the B-pillar. B-Pillar Trim Panel - Installation.





12. Be certain the seat belt webbing between the turning loop and the lower anchor latch plate (1) is not twisted.
13. Insert the lower anchor latch plate into the anchor buckle until it latches into position.
14. 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. Service and Repair.