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Second Row - Center






SECOND ROW - CENTER

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. Failure to follow these instructions may result in possible serious or fatal injury.





1. Guide the seat belt webbing through the slot in the top of the right seat back frame (1) while positioning the center seat belt and retractor (3) to the frame as a unit. Be certain the seat belt webbing is not twisted between the retractor and the top of the seat.
2. Engage the T-tab of the retractor bracket with the keyed slot in the seat back frame.
3. From the back side of the seat back frame, install and tighten the screw (2) that secures the retractor to the frame. Tighten the screw to 39 Nm (29 ft. lbs.).
4. Position the molded plastic shield (5) onto the top of the seat back frame.
5. Install and tighten the screws (4) that secure the molded plastic shield to the top of the seat back frame. Pull the top of the seat back foam away from the seat back frame to access the lower screws securing the shield.
6. Reinstall the trim cover, back panel and head rest to the right seat back frame. Seat Back - Installation.





7. Grasp the center seat belt webbing (1) between where it exits the top of the seat and the seat belt latch plate and slide it through the slot in the belt web guide bezel (3) to engage the belt through the bezel.
8. Position the guide bezel to the top of the right seat back (2) with the slot facing forward.
9. Using hand pressure, press the guide bezel down onto the top of the right seat back far enough to engage the three barrel clips that secure the bezel to the seat back frame.





10. From the front of the second row right seat, insert the center seat belt lower anchor between the right seat cushion and back trim covers. Be certain the seat belt webbing is not twisted between the top of the seat and the belt lower anchor.
11. Reach under the rear edge of the second row right seat cushion frame just to the right of the lower end of the inboard center seat back hinge bracket (1) to position the buckle lower anchor (3) and the center seat belt lower anchor (2) to the right seat frame.
12. Install and tighten the screw (4) that secures the buckle unit and the center seat belt lower anchor to the right seat frame. Tighten the screw to 39 Nm (29 ft. lbs.).
13. Reinstall the second row right seat into the vehicle. Seat - Installation.