Removal And Installation: Front: Notes
REMOVAL
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 Mopar® Parts Catalog. Failure to follow these instructions may result in possible serious or fatal injury.
- Disconnect and isolate the negative battery cable(s). Refer to 2.0L, 12 VOLT BATTERY DISCONNECT or 3.6L, BATTERY DISCONNECT AND CONNECT . Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before continuing service.
- Remove the appropriate left or right front seat from the vehicle. Refer to SEAT, FRONT, REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION .
- Remove the front seat belt buckle bolt that secures the buckle lower anchor to the bracket on the inboard rear corner of the seat cushion frame.
1 - Front Seat Belt Buckle Bolt - Note or mark the routing of the seat belt switch pigtail wire to ease installation.
- Release the seat belt switch pigtail wire from the retainers on the underside of the front seat cushion.
- Disconnect the seat belt switch pigtail connector from the seat wire harness.
- Remove the seat belt buckle from the front seat.
INSTALLATION
Follow the removal procedure in reverse for general reassembly of the components on the vehicle. The steps listed below are calling out specific procedures that should be followed during installation.
- Do not connect the negative battery cable at this time. The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Verification Test procedure should be performed following service of any SRS component. Refer to SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM VERIFICATION TEST .