belt DODGE NEON 1999 Service Repair Manual

FRONT DOOR LATCH STRIKER
REMOVAL
(1) Mark outline of door latch striker on B-pillar to
aid installation.
(2) Remove screws holding door latch striker to
B-pillar (Fig. 25).
(3) Separate door latch striker from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
Reverse the preceding operation.
FRONT DOOR OUTER BELT WEATHERSTRIP
REMOVAL
(1) Open door glass.
(2) Pull upward at rear end of outer belt weather-
strip.
(3) Separate outer belt weatherstrip from vehicle
(Fig. 26).
INSTALLATION
(1) Starting at leading edge of door, press weather-
strip onto door.(2) Operate window and check for interference
FRONT DOOR OUTSIDE HANDLE
REMOVAL
(1) Remove door trim panel and water shield.
(2) Close door glass.
(3) Disconnect lock and latch rods from door latch.
(4) Remove nut holding door handle retainer to
outer door panel (Fig. 27).
(5) Separate retainer from back of door handle.
(6) Separate door handle from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
(1) Position door handle into door and install
retainer at back of handle.
(2) Install nut holding door handle retainer to
outer door panel.
(3) Connect lock and latch rods to door latch.
(4) Install door trim panel and water shield.
FRONT DOOR TRIM PANEL
REMOVAL
(1) Lower door glass.
(2) Remove screw attaching pull cup to door trim
panel. Two door vehicle, refer to (Fig. 28). Four door
vehicle, refer to (Fig. 29).
(3) Pull inside latch release handle to access
attaching screw and remove. Two door vehicle, refer
to (Fig. 30). Four door vehicle, refer to (Fig. 31).
(4) Remove window regulator crank, if equipped
(Fig. 32).
CAUTION: Pulling on trim panel to disengage fas-
teners will damage the trim panel.
NOTE: Use a fork-type push-in fastener removal
tool.
Fig. 25 Front Door Latch Striker
Fig. 26 Outer Belt WeatherstripÐTypical
Fig. 27 Front Door Outside Handle
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)

(5) Disengage all hidden push-in fasteners attach-
ing trim panel to door (Fig. 33). Ensure that each
push-in fastener is disengaged using the removal
tool.
(6) Tilt trim panel outward to clear locator pins on
backside of trim panel.
(7) Lift trim panel to disengage from retainer
channel on inner belt weatherstrip at the top of the
door.
(8) Disengage clip holding door latch linkage to
back of inside door handle.
(9) Separate latch rod from handle.
CAUTION: Do not allow door trim panel to hang by
the wire connector or wiring.
(10) Disengage wire connector from power door
lock switch, mirror switch, and power window switch,
if equipped.
(11) Separate trim panel from vehicle.
Fig. 28 Front Two Door Pull Cup
Fig. 29 Front Four Door Pull Cup
Fig. 30 Inside Two Door Handle Screw
Fig. 31 Inside Four Door Handle Screw
Fig. 32 Window Crank
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)

FRONT OUTBOARD SEAT BELT
REMOVAL
(1) Slide lower seat belt anchor cover upward to
expose bolt.
(2) Remove bolt holding lower anchor bolt to floor
below door sill (Fig. 36).
(3) Separate lower anchor from floor.
(4) Remove rear seat cushion and back.
(5) Remove quarter trim panel.
(6) Guide seat belt webbing through slot in quarter
trim panel.
(7) Disengage wire connector from seat belt retrac-
tor.
(8) Remove bolts holding seat belt retractor to
B-pillar (Fig. 37).
(9) Separate seat belt retractor from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
Reverse the preceding operation. Tighten seat belt
anchor bolt to 39 N´m (29 ft. lbs.).
FRONT SEAT
REMOVAL
(1) Move seat to forward position.
(2) Remove bolts holding rear of seat track to floor.
(3) Move seat to rearward position.
(4) Remove bolts holding front of seat track to floor
crossmember (Fig. 38).
(5) Separate seat from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
(1) Move seat to full rearward position andverify
that both seat tracks are locked into position.
(2) Move seat into position in vehicle. Do not use
the head restraint, side shield, recliner handle, or the
adjuster lift bar to move the seat.
(3) Ensure that the locating tabs on the front
mounting feet are installed through the slits in the
carpet and into the openings in the floor pan cross-
member.
(4) Install and tighten front inboard bolt holding
seat track to floor crossmember.
(5) Install and tighten front outboard bolt holding
seat track to floor crossmember.
(6) Move seat to forward position. Verify that the
inboard and outboard tracks are latched in the full
forward position.
(7) Install and tighten bolts holding rear of seat
track to floor.
Fig. 36 Front Outboard Seat Belt Anchor
Fig. 37 Front Outboard Seat Belt Retractor
Fig. 38 Front Seat
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)

NOTE: The tightening specification for all front seat
retaining bolts is 55 N´m (40 ft. lbs.) torque.
FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE
REMOVAL
(1) Move front seat to the forward position.
(2) Remove bolt holding seat belt buckle to seat.
(3) Separate seat belt buckle from seat.
INSTALLATION
Reverse the preceding operation.
FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR
REMOVAL
(1) Remove B-pillar trim.
(2) Remove bolt holding seat belt retractor to
B-pillar (Fig. 39).
(3) Separate seat belt retractor from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
Reverse the preceding operation.
FRONT SHOULDER BELT ADJUSTER
REMOVAL
(1) Remove B-pillar trim.(2) Remove bolt holding shoulder belt adjuster to
B-pillar (Fig. 40).
(3) Separate shoulder belt adjuster from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
Reverse the preceding operation.
FRONT VERTICAL GUIDE BAR
REMOVAL
(1) Remove door trim panel and water shield.
(2) Remove door speaker, if equipped.
(3) Remove front lift guide.
(4) Remove bolt holding top of front guide bar to
inner door panel.
(5) Using a Snap-ontflare-nut socket (FRXM10)
and a hex wrench, remove nut holding bottom of
guide bar to door panel while holding jack screws.
(Fig. 41)
Fig. 39 Front Seat Belt Retractor
Fig. 40 Front Shoulder Belt Adjuster
Fig. 41 Front Vertical Guide Bar
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)

(3) Rotate bell-crank until retaining ears align
with slots in door panel.
(4) Separate bell-crank from door (Fig. 48).
INSTALLATION
Reverse the preceding operation.
LOWER QUARTER TRIMÐ4 DOOR
REMOVAL
(1) Remove upper quarter trim panel.
(2) Remove rear seat cushion and back.
(3) Disengage clips holding trim to lower quarter
panel.
(4) Remove seat belt from slot in trim panel.
(5) Separate lower quarter trim from vehicle (Fig.
49).
INSTALLATION
(1) Position lower quarter trim panel to vehicle.
(2) Install seat belt to slot in trim panel.
(3) Align locating pins on backside of trim panel to
mating holes in inner quarter panel.(4) Press clips on trim panel into slots in inner
quarter panel.
(5) Install rear seat back and cushion.
(6) Install upper quarter trim panel.
PARCEL SHELF TRIM
REMOVAL
(1) Remove upper quarter trim from one side of
vehicle.
(2) Remove rear seat cushion and back.
(3) Remove bolts holding rear seat shoulder belt
lower anchors to floor pan.
(4) Disengage seat belt bezel from parcel shelf.
(5) Separate parcel shelf trim from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
Reverse the preceding operation.
QUARTER TRIM PANELÐ2 DOOR
REMOVAL
(1) Remove rear seat cushion and back.
(2) Slide lower seat belt anchor cover up the web-
bing to expose the belt.
(3) Remove bolt holding lower seat belt anchor to
floor.
(4) Separate seat belt from floor.
(5) Remove screw holding coat hook to top of quar-
ter trim panel.
(6) Disengage hidden clips holding quarter trim
panel to inner quarter panel. (Fig. 51)
(7) Separate trim from quarter panel.
(8) Feed seat belt webbing through access hole in
trim panel.
(9) Separate quarter trim panel from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
(1) Feed seat belt webbing through access hole in
trim panel.
Fig. 48 Lock Button Bell-crank
Fig. 49 Lower Quarter TrimÐ4 Door
Fig. 50 Parcel Shelf Trim
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)

(2) Position trim panel near inner quarter panel.
(3) Align locating pins on backside of trim panel to
mating holes in inner quarter panel.
(4) Push clips on trim panel into slots in inner
quarter panel starting with the clips located near
locating pins.
(5) Install screw holding coat hook to top of quar-
ter trim panel.
(6) Install bolt securing seat belt anchor to floor.
(7) Slide lower seat belt anchor cover down to
cover anchor bolt.
(8) Install rear seat cushion and seat back.
REAR DOOR GLASS
REMOVAL
(1) Remove door trim panel and water shield.
(2) Remove inner door belt weatherstrip.
(3) Loosen door glass jounce bumper.
(4) Lower door glass to bottom of door.
(5) Remove nuts holding door glass to window reg-
ulator lift plate (Fig. 52).
(6) Disengage door glass from regulator.
(7) Lift door glass upward out of the opening at
the top of door.
INSTALLATION
(1) Lower door glass through opening in top of
door and into position in the window regulator.
(2) Install nuts holding door glass to window reg-
ulator lift plate.
(3) Raise glass and tighten window inner belt sta-
bilizer.
(4) Install inner door belt weatherstrip, water-
shield, and door trim panel.
(5) Operate window and check for interference.
Adjust glass as necessary.
REAR DOOR INNER BELT WEATHERSTRIP
REMOVAL
(1) Remove door trim panel.
(2) Pull weatherstrip from top of door panel (Fig.
53).
(3) Separate weatherstrip from door.
INSTALLATION
(1) Place inner belt weatherstrip in position on
door.
(2) Push down on weatherstrip to engage channel
to door panel.
(3) Install door trim panel.
Fig. 51 Quarter Trim PanelFig. 52 Rear Door Glass
Fig. 53 Rear Door Inner Belt Weatherstrip
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)

REAR DOOR OUTER BELT WEATHERSTRIP
REMOVAL
(1) Open door glass.
(2) Pull upward at rear end of outer belt weather-
strip.
(3) Separate outer belt weatherstrip from vehicle
(Fig. 57).
INSTALLATION
Reverse the preceding operation.
REAR DOOR TRIM
REMOVAL
(1) Release door latch and open door.
(2) Lower window glass.
(3) Remove window regulator crank.
(4) Remove screw from inside arm rest pull cup.
(5) Remove screw from behind inside latch release
handle (Fig. 58).
CAUTION: Pulling on trim panel to disengage fas-
teners will damage the trim panel.
NOTE: Use a fork-type push-in fastener removal
tool.
(6) Disengage push-in fasteners holding trim to
door panel around perimeter of trim panel.
(7) Disengage trim panel from retainer channel in
inner belt weather-strip at top of door by lifting while
jiggling.
(8) Tilt top of trim panel away from door and dis-
engage clip holding latch rod to handle.
(9) Separate latch rod from handle.
(10) Remove trim panel from door.
INSTALLATION
(1) Replace any damaged or missing push in fas-
teners from around perimeter of door trim panel.
(2) Place trim panel in position on door.
(3) Insert latch rod into handle and engage clip.
(4) Engage trim panel into retainer channel at top
of door.
(5) Locate door trim panel to inner door panel by
aligning locating pins on backside of trim panel to
mating holes in inner door panel.
(6) Install push-in fasteners to attach trim to door
panel around perimeter of trim panel.
(7) Install screw behind inside latch release han-
dle.
(8) Install screw inside arm rest pull cup.
(9) Install window regulator crank.
REAR DOOR WINDOW REGULATOR
REMOVAL
(1) Remove door trim panel and watershield.
(2) Remove door glass.
(3) Loosen bolts holding window regulator crank/
motor to door panel.
(4) Disengage bolt heads from keyhole slots in door
panel.
(5) Loosen bolts holding window regulator lift bar
to door panel.
Fig. 57 Rear Door Outer Belt WeatherstripFig. 58 Rear Door Trim
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)

(6) Disengage bolt heads from keyhole slots in door
panel (Fig. 59).
(7) Remove window regulator from door through
access hole in inner panel.
INSTALLATION
(1) Move window regulator into position and
engage bolt heads into key-hole slots in inner door
panel.
(2) Tighten bolts holding window regulator lift bar
to inner door panel.
(3) Engage window regulator crank/motor bolts
into key-hole slots in door panel.
(4) Tighten window regulator crank/motor bolts.
(5) Install door glass, watershield, and door trim
panel.
REAR SEAT BACK
REMOVAL
(1) Remove rear seat cushion.
(2) Remove bolts holding rear seat back and seat
belts to floor.
(3) Push rear seat back upward to disengage hooks
at top of seat back (Fig. 60).
(4) Separate rear seat from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
(1) Move rear seat back into position in vehicle.
(2) Push seat back downward to engage hooks at
top of seat back.
(3) Install bolts holding rear seat back and seat
belts to floor.
NOTE: The torque specification for the inner seat
belt/rear seat back retaining bolts is 57 N´M (42 ft.
lbs.).
(4) Install rear seat cushion.
REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE
REMOVAL
(1) Remove rear seat cushion.
(2) Remove rear seat back.
(3) Separate rear seat belt buckle from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
Reverse the preceding operation.
REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR
REMOVAL
(1) Remove rear seat cushion and back.
(2) Remove seat belt bezel from parcel shelf cover.
(3) Remove rear seat closure panel silencer pad as
necessary to gain access to retractor.
(4) Remove bolt holding seat belt lower anchor to
floor.
(5) Remove bolt holding retractor to rear seat clo-
sure panel (Fig. 61).
(6) Push seat belt bezel and buckle stab through
access hole in parcel shelf.
(7) From in luggage compartment, separate rear
seat belt retractor from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
Reverse the preceding operation.
REAR SEAT CUSHION
REMOVAL
(1) Pull upward at each end of the rear seat cush-
ion to disengage retainer loops from cups in floor.
(2) Separate rear seat cushion from vehicle (Fig.
62).
INSTALLATION
(1) Place rear seat cushion in position under bot-
tom of seat back.
Fig. 59 Rear Door Window Regulator
Fig. 60 Rear Seat Back
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)

(2) Position inboard seat belts on top of seat cush-
ion.
(3) Guide seat cushion loops into retainer cups in
floor pan.
(4) Push downward on the front corners of the seat
cushion to engage retainers.
REAR SPOILER
REMOVAL
(1) Release trunk latch and open trunk lid.
(2) Remove nuts holding spoiler to trunk lid.
(3) Separate spoiler from trunk lid (Fig. 63).
INSTALLATION
Apply water sealing putty around spoiler mounting
studs and reverse the preceding operation.
REAR VERTICAL GUIDE BAR
REMOVAL
(1) Remove door trim panel and water shield.
(2) Remove nut holding top of rear guide bar to
inner door panel.
(3) Using a Snap-ontflare-nut socket (FRXM10)
and a hex wrench, remove nut holding bottom of
guide bar to door panel while holding jack screws.
(4) Remove rear vertical guide bar through large
access hole in inner door panel (Fig. 64).
INSTALLATION
Reverse the preceding operations and verify glass
alignment.
Fig. 61 Rear Seat Belt Retractor
Fig. 62 Rear Seat Cushion
Fig. 63 Rear Spoiler
Fig. 64 Rear Vertical Guide Bar
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)

TRUNK TRIM PANEL
REMOVAL
(1) Remove fasteners holding trunk trim panel to
vehicle (Fig. 81).
(2) Remove trunk trim panel from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
(1) Position panel to deck lid over the striker.
(2) Install push in fasteners.
(3) Position and tuck the upper flange into existing
trim panel on both sides.
(4) Push the corners in place under seal.
(5) Seat the lower edges of the carpet and smooth
out.
(6) Tuck the full edge of panel under trunk lid
weather-seal lip, being careful not to push seal off.
TRUNK WEATHERSTRIP
REMOVAL
(1) Release trunk lid latch and open trunk lid.
(2) Pull trunk lid weatherstrip form trunk opening
fence (Fig. 82).
(3) Separate weatherstrip from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
Reverse the preceding operation.
UPPER QUARTER TRIMÐ4 DOOR
REMOVAL
(1) Disengage clips holding trim to upper quarter
panel (Fig. 83).
(2) Separate upper trim panel from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
(1) Check to ensure that electric rear window wir-
ing is positioned correctly in the roof channel pro-
vided.(2) Position trim panel in vehicle.
(3) Align locating pins on backside of trim panel to
mating holes in upper quarter panel.
(4) Push clips on trim panel into slots in upper
quarter panel.
WINDOW INNERBELT STABILIZER
REMOVAL
(1) Remove door trim panel.
(2) Remove nut holding inner belt stabilizer to
door panel.
(3) Separate inner belt stabilizer from door. (Fig.
84)
Fig. 81 Trunk Trim Panel
Fig. 82 Trunk Weatherstrip
Fig. 83 Upper Quarter Trim
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)