Q: How Can Seat Belt Use Ensure Safety During Child Restraint Anchor Service on 2008 Dodge Ram 2500?
A: When performing seat belt or child restraint anchor service, check seat belts, buckles, mounting hardware, retractors, tether straps and anchors to confirm proper installation and condition and exchange any cut, frayed or torn belts, correct twisted belts, fasten loose areas and change any broken buckles, retractors, latch plates or anchor plates. Bent or broken child restraint anchors or integral units should also be replaced. Do not repair any piece of your seat belts or child restraints; always look for new, unused parts in the DaimlerChrysler Mopar(R) Parts Catalog. The front center seat belt is fastened with a fixed position buckle on the left side for regular drive models, but standard cab models have a fixed, black, keyed, lower anchor buckle for the three point center seat belt on the right side of the front center seat section. Both quad cabs and mega cabs have a single fixed position lap belt located to the right side of the front center seat section. When installing the front center seating position belt buckle, lap belt or anchor buckle, first put the front center seat belt buckle unit over the elastic strap to the side of the center seat cushion, guide the lower anchor down within the space between the center seat and the adjacent front outboard seat cushion, avoid any twisting of the belt, slot the lower anchor into the center seat support bracket and attach the anti-rotation tab to the proper hole and finally install and tighten the securing screw to a torque of 40 Nm (29 ft. lbs.). Mount the stowage tray onto the back of the floor below the seat for standard cab vehicles.