Procedures

STANDARD PROCEDURE - SEAT BELT ANCHOR LATCH PLATE

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.





Use two Allen key wrenches and the following steps in sequence to disconnect the front seat belt lower anchor latch plate (2) from the lower anchor buckle (1).

1. Insert an Allen key wrench (3) of the appropriate size into the outer hole at the top of the anchor buckle housing.
2. Insert a second Allen key wrench (4) of the appropriate size into the hole in the side of the anchor buckle housing.
3. Pull the seat belt anchor latch plate out of the anchor buckle.
4. Remove both Allen key wrenches from the holes in the anchor buckle housing.