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Front Outboard - Club Cab







FRONT OUTBOARD - CLUB CAB

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 DaimlerChrysler 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 After an Airbag Deployment.





1. Position the seat belt turning loop and height adjuster (3) bracket to the mounting holes in the upper roof rail (1).
2. Install and tighten the two screws (2) that secure the seat belt turning loop and height adjuster bracket to the upper roof rail. Tighten the screws to 39 Nm (29 ft. lbs.).




3. Position the trim cover (3) to the headliner (2) opening around the door striker and the seat belt turning loop adjuster bracket on the upper roof rail (1).
4. Using hand pressure, press firmly and evenly on the trim cover until the two snap clips that secure it to the upper roof rail snap into place.




5. Position the retractor (1) mounting bracket to the mounting holes in the floor panel inboard of the door sill (4). Be certain that the seat belt webbing between the retractor and the turning loop is not twisted.
6. Install and tighten the two screws (2) that secure the retractor bracket to the floor panel. Tighten the screws to 39 Nm (29 ft. lbs.).
7. Reconnect the body wire harness connector (3) to the seat belt tensioner initiator on the retractor.




8. Restore the front (5) and rear (4) scuff plates to the door sill over the retractor mounting bracket. Door Sill Scuff Plate - Installation.
9. Position the inboard (1) and outboard (3) trim cover halves around the seat belt and retractor (2) with the lower end spread open far enough to engage the snap features that secure the tops of the two halves to each other.
10. Close the lower ends of the trim cover halves together.




11. Using hand pressure, push the trim cover (1) down over the retractor (3) far enough to engage the two locator pins in the top of the inboard cover half with the locator holes in the top of the retractor.
12. Reinstall the two plastic push-pin retainers (2) that secure the trim cover to the retractor.




13. Position the seat belt (1) lower anchor to the mounting hole on the outboard side of the front seat cushion frame (3). Be certain that the seat belt webbing between the turning loop and the lower anchor is not twisted.
14. Install and tighten the screw (4) that secures the lower anchor to the seat. Tighten the screw to 39 Nm (29 ft. lbs.).
15. 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. Verification Tests.
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