Installation; Passenger Airbag Description - Chrysler Vehicle User Manual

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FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE (Continued)
(3) Remove the front seat belt buckle from the
front seat track bracket.

INSTALLATION

The seat belt buckle on the driver's side front seat
for all models also includes a seat belt switch. The
seat belt buckle on the driver's side front seat for all
models also includes a seat belt switch. (Refer to 8 -
ELECTRICAL/RESTRAINTS/SEAT BELT SWITCH -
DESCRIPTION).
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) Position the front seat belt buckle lower anchor
to the bracket on the rear of the upper inner front
seat track.
(2) Install and tighten the screw that secures the
front seat belt buckle lower anchor to the front seat
track bracket (Fig. 30). Tighten the screw to 43 N·m
(32 ft. lbs.).
(3) On the driver side only, reconnect the seat belt
switch pigtail wire connector to the body wire har-
ness connector for the seat belt switch (Fig. 29).
PASSENGER AIRBAG
DESCRIPTION
The rearward facing surface of the injection
molded, thermoplastic passenger airbag door is the
most visible part of the passenger airbag (Fig. 31).
The passenger airbag door is located above the glove
box opening on the instrument panel in front of the
front seat passenger seating position. The passenger
airbag door also serves as a trim cover and has two
flanges and a stamped metal bracket that secure it to
FRAYED, OR
BELT THAT IS TWISTED.
REPLACE ANY
RESTRAINT COMPONENT.
Fig. 31 Passenger Airbag Door
TORN.
1 - PASSENGER AIRBAG DOOR
2 - GRAB HANDLE
3 - GLOVE BOX DOOR
the instrument panel structural support. The upper
flange is secured with screws to the top of the instru-
ment panel structural support and the lower flange
CHILD
to the upper glove box opening reinforcement. A
stamped metal passenger airbag door hinge bracket
is secured to the back of the instrument panel struc-
tural support with two screws.
Located behind the passenger airbag door within
the instrument panel is the passenger airbag unit.
The passenger airbag unit has an upper rear bracket
and a lower rear bracket that are secured by nuts to
three weld studs on the instrument panel structural
support, one stud at the top and two at the bottom.
Two nuts secure a front lower bracket on the passen-
ger airbag housing to two weld studs on the dash
panel above the heater and air conditioner housing.
The front lower bracket mounts are accessed through
the instrument panel glove box opening.
The passenger airbag unit used in this model is a
Next Generation-type that complies with revised fed-
eral airbag standards to deploy with less force than
those used in some prior models. The passenger air-
bag unit consists of a stamped and welded metal
housing or retainer, the airbag cushion, and the air-
bag inflator. The airbag housing contains the airbag
inflator and the folded airbag cushion. A rectangular
fabric cushion is used. The airbag inflator is a
hybrid-type unit that is secured to and sealed within
the stamped metal airbag housing beneath the folded
airbag cushion. The inflator initiator is connected to
the vehicle electrical system through a yellow connec-
tor on the end of a short, two-wire pigtail harness
and a take out of the body wire harness.
The passenger airbag and the passenger airbag
door are available as separate service items. The pas-
senger airbag cannot be repaired, and must be
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