Dodge Dakota (ND). Manual - part 466

SEAT BELT BUCKLE

REMOVAL

FRONT OUTBOARD

WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supplemental
restraint system before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, occupant classification sys-
tem, 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 supplemental
restraint system. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.

WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, 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 inoperative 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 faulty seat belt and child
restraint components with the correct, new and unused replacement parts listed in the DaimlerChrysler
Mopar 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 models. 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).

1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.

Wait two minutes for the system capacitor to dis-
charge before further service.

2. From behind the front seat on the driver side only,

disconnect the seat belt switch pigtail wire connec-
tor (2) from the seat wire harness take out and
connector for the switch (3) located below the rear
of the driver side seat cushion (1).

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RESTRAINTS - SERVICE INFORMATION

3. Move the right or left front outboard seat section to

its most rearward position and tilt the seat back for-
ward for easiest access to the front outboard seat
belt buckle lower anchor screw (1).

4. On the driver side only, disengage the discon-

nected seat belt switch pigtail wire (2) from under
the seat cushion and the inboard seat track.

5. Remove the screw that secures the outboard front

seat belt buckle (3) anchor near the back of the
inboard seat cushion frame.

6. Remove the buckle from the seat.

FRONT CENTER

1. Move the left front outboard seat (1) to its most for-

ward position for easiest access to the front center
seat belt buckle lower anchor screw (5).

2. From behind the front seat, remove the screw that

secures the seat belt buckle lower anchor to the
center seat support bracket.

3. From the front of the front seat, disengage the front

center seat belt buckle (3) from the elastic strap (2)
on the side of the center seat cushion.

4. Remove the seat belt buckle and lower anchor

through the opening in the side of the front center
seat cushion trim (4).

RESTRAINTS - SERVICE INFORMATION

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REAR - CLUB CAB

1. Fold the rear seat cushions up against the cab

back panel (1).

2. Remove the screw (3) that secures the rear seat

belt buckle anchor (2) to the rear floor panel (4).

3. Remove the buckle from the rear floor.

REAR CENTER & LEFT OUTBOARD - QUAD CAB

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RESTRAINTS - SERVICE INFORMATION

1. Disengage the center or the left outboard occupant

buckle unit (2) from the elastic loop on the back of
the rear seat cushion (1) and push the buckle back
through the crevice between the cushion and the
rear seat back.

2. Lift up the seat cushion into its stowed position

against the seat back.

3. Remove the nut (3) that secures the buckle unit to

the stud (4) on the rear floor panel (5) near the
base of the cab back panel. The stud and nut that
secures the buckle also secures the inboard rear
seat mounting bracket to the rear floor panel.

4. Remove the buckle from the stud and the inboard

rear seat mounting bracket.

REAR CENTER ANCHOR & RIGHT OUTBOARD - QUAD CAB

INSTALLATION

FRONT OUTBOARD

RESTRAINTS - SERVICE INFORMATION

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