Installation; Seat Belt Switch Description; Operation - Chrysler Vehicle User Manual

8O - 34 RESTRAINTS
REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE (Continued)
Fig. 40 Rear Seat Belt Buckles Remove/Install
1 - REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE UNIT

INSTALLATION

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) Lift the rear cargo area carpet far enough to
position the rear seat belt buckle unit onto the rear
cargo floor panel through one of the clearance slots in
the carpet.
(2) Working through one of the clearance slots in
the rear cargo area carpet, install and tighten the
screw that secures the anchor of the rear seat belt
buckle unit to the rear cargo floor panel (Fig. 40).
Tighten the screw to 43 N·m (32 ft. lbs.).
(3) Tumble the folded rear seat cushion and back
unit rearward onto the rear cargo floor panel.
(4) Slide both rear seat belt buckle units between
the seat cushion and the seat back.
FRAYED, OR
BELT THAT IS TWISTED.
REPLACE ANY
RESTRAINT COMPONENT.
(5) Unfold the rear seat back from the seat cush-
ion until the seat back latch is fully engaged.
SEAT BELT SWITCH
DESCRIPTION
TORN.
1 - WIRE HARNESS CONNECTOR
2 - DRIVER SEAT RISER
4 - FLOOR PANEL
CHILD
The seat belt switch is a small, normally closed,
single pole, single throw, leaf contact, momentary
switch. Only one seat belt switch is installed in the
vehicle, and it is integral to the buckle of the driver
side front seat belt buckle-half, located on the
inboard side of the driver side front seat track (Fig.
41). The seat belt switch is connected to the vehicle
electrical system through a two-wire pigtail wire and
connector on the seat belt buckle-half, which is con-
nected to a wire harness connector and take out of
the body wire harness routed along the left side of
the body sill in the passenger compartment.
The seat belt switch cannot be adjusted or repaired
and, if faulty or damaged, the entire driver side front
seat belt buckle-half unit must be replaced.

OPERATION

The seat belt switch is designed to control a path
to ground for the seat belt switch sense input of the
ElectroMechanical Instrument Cluster (EMIC). When
the driver side front seat belt tip-half is inserted into
the seat belt buckle, the switch opens the path to
Fig. 41 Seat Belt Switch
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