RAM 3500 HD Truck 2WD L6-67L DSL Turbo VIN A (2007) - Seat Belt Buckle Removal
Seat Belt Buckle: Service and Repair
Removal
Front Center And Center Anchor
FRONT CENTER AND CENTER ANCHOR
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: A fixed position front center seat belt buckle is located on the left side of the front center seat section (20 percent) used on all vehicles.
Standard cab vehicles have a unique, fixed position, black, keyed, lower anchor buckle for the three-point center seat belt lower anchor located on the
right side of the front center seat section. Quad cab and mega cab vehicles have a fixed position front center seat lap belt located on the right side of the
front center seat section. The following procedure applies to the front center seating position belt buckle, the lap belt or the anchor buckle. The
three-point front center seat belt and retractor unit is only used on standard cab vehicles.
1. Move the adjacent right or left front outboard seat section (40 percent) to its most forward position and tilt the seat back forward for easiest access
to the lower anchor of the front center seat belt buckle, lap belt or anchor buckle (1).
2. On standard cab vehicles only, remove the stowage tray from the rear floor panel behind the seat.
3. From behind the front seat, remove the screw (5) that secures the lower anchor of the front center seat belt buckle, lap belt or anchor buckle to the
center seat support bracket (3).
4. From the front of the front seat, reach between the side of the center seat cushion (6) and the adjacent right or left front outboard seat cushion to
access and remove the seat belt buckle, lap belt or anchor buckle through the elastic strap (2) on the side of the center seat cushion.
5. Remove the front center seat belt buckle, lap belt or anchor buckle unit from the front seat.
Front Outboard
FRONT OUTBOARD
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: A traveling front outboard seat belt buckle is located on the inboard side of each front outboard seat section (40 percent) used on all vehicles.