Installation - Dodge dakota 2002 Service Manual

8O - 40 RESTRAINTS
REAR CENTER SEAT BELT & RETRACTOR (Continued)
REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE - REMOVAL - CEN-
TER ANCHOR & RIGHT OUTBOARD).
WARNING: 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 INSTALLA-
TION, OPERATION, OR DAMAGE. REPLACE ANY
BELT THAT IS CUT,
STRAIGHTEN ANY
TIGHTEN ANY LOOSE FASTENERS. REPLACE ANY
BELT THAT HAS A DAMAGED OR INOPERATIVE
BUCKLE OR RETRACTOR. REPLACE ANY BELT
THAT HAS A BENT OR DAMAGED LATCH PLATE
OR ANCHOR PLATE.
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
ALWAYS REPLACE DAMAGED OR FAULTY SEAT
BELT AND CHILD RESTRAINT COMPONENTS WITH
THE CORRECT, NEW AND UNUSED REPLACEMENT
PARTS LISTED IN THE DAIMLERCHRYSLER MOPAR
PARTS CATALOG.
(1) Reach between the rear seat cushion and the
rear seat back to access and unbuckle the center seat
belt lower anchor latch plate from the unique black,
keyed lower anchor buckle. Use an ignition key or a
small screwdriver to depress the small white release
button on the anchor buckle.
(2) Remove the rear seat from the vehicle. On
models with the optional 60/40 split rear bench, only
the 60 percent section (right side) of the rear seat
must be removed. (Refer to 23 - BODY/SEATS/SEAT
- REAR - REMOVAL).
(3) Lift upward on the forward edge of the rear
center seat belt bezel at the top of the cab back panel
to release the snap features that secure the bezel to
the belt bracket (Fig. 37).
(4) Remove the bezel from the webbing of the rear
center seat belt.
(5) Lift the rear center seat belt cover off of the
belt bracket at the top of the cab back panel and
remove the cover from the webbing of the rear center
seat belt.
(6) Remove the two screws that secure the belt
bracket of the rear center seat belt to the body
bracket on the upper cab back panel reinforcement.
(7) Remove the belt bracket of the rear center seat
belt from the body bracket.
(8) Remove the screw that secures the rear center
seat belt retractor to the center anchor/right out-
board occupant buckle and mounting bracket unit on
the rear floor panel near the cab back panel (Fig. 38).
FRAYED, OR
BELT THAT IS TWISTED.
REPLACE ANY
RESTRAINT COMPONENT.
TORN.
CHILD
Fig. 37 Rear Center Seat Belt & Retractor Remove/
1 - CAB BACK PANEL
2 - CENTER SEAT BELT
3 - BEZEL
4 - COVER
5 - BELT BRACKET
6 - SCREW (2)
7 - BODY BRACKET
8 - RETRACTOR
9 - SCREW (2)
10 - CENTER ANCHOR/RIGHT OUTBOARD OCCUPANT BUCKLE
& BRACKET UNIT
11 - REAR FLOOR PANEL
12 - LOWER ANCHOR LATCH PLATE
(9) Remove the rear center seat belt retractor from
the center anchor/right outboard occupant buckle and
mounting bracket unit.
(10) Remove the rear center seat belt and retractor
unit from the vehicle.

INSTALLATION

The rear center seat belt retractor is secured with
a single screw to a mounting bracket that includes
the unique black, keyed center seat belt lower anchor
buckle and the right outboard occupant buckle, but
can be removed from the mounting bracket and is
serviced separately from the two buckles. The center
anchor buckle and the right outboard occupant
buckle are serviced as a unit with their mounting
bracket. (Refer to 8 - ELECTRICAL/RESTRAINTS/
REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE - INSTALLATION -
CENTER ANCHOR & RIGHT OUTBOARD).
Install
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