Chrysler Stratus Convertible. Manual — part 133

INSTALLATION

(1) Position console in vehicle.
(2) Connect wire connector for floor console acces-

sories at floor pan.

(3) Verify that the rear locator pin on the bottom

of the storage bin is engaged to the slot in the body
bracket and the front pin is engaged to the shift
mechanism (Fig. 72).

(4) Install screws, next to floor shifter and in con-

sole storage compartment, holding floor console to
brackets on floor pan.

(5) Connect transmission range indicator bezel

wire connector on shifter mechanism.

(6) Install lighted transmission range indicator let-

ter bezel.

(7) Install shift lever knob and tighten set screw

on front of shifter knob.

FORWARD INSTRUMENT PANEL CONSOLE

REMOVAL

(1) Remove floor console.
(2) Remove instrument panel cluster hood. Refer

to Group 8E, Instrument Panel and Systems, for
proper procedure.

(3) Remove instrument panel center bezel.
(4) Remove left knee bolster.
(5) Release glove box door catches and allow to

hang downward.

(6) Remove screws holding storage bin to forward

instrument panel console (Fig. 73).

(7) Remove storage bin from forward instrument

panel console.

(8) Remove screws holding forward instrument

console to shifter mounting bracket.

(9) Remove screws attaching forward instrument

panel console to instrument panel at sides of storage
bin area.

(10) Remove screws attaching forward instrument

panel console to instrument panel support braces.

(11) Remove forward instrument panel console

from vehicle.

INSTALLATION

(1) Position forward instrument panel console to

vehicle.

(2) Install screws attaching forward instrument

panel console to instrument panel support braces.

(3) Install screws attaching forward instrument

panel console to instrument panel at sides of storage
bin area.

(4) Install screws attaching forward instrument

panel console to shifter mounting bracket.

(5) Install storage bin from forward instrument

panel console.

(6) Install screws attaching storage bin to forward

instrument panel console.

(7) Release glove box door catches and allow to

hang downward.

(8) Install left knee bolster.
(9) Install instrument panel center bezel.
(10) Install instrument panel cluster hood.
(11) Install floor console.

QUARTER TRIM PANEL

REMOVAL

(1) Lower convertible top.
(2) Remove rear seat cushion and rear seat back.
(3) Remove door sill trim panel.
(4) Remove push-in fastener attaching quarter

trim panel to door sill panel.

(5) Remove speaker grille (Fig. 74).
(6) Remove vertical screws and inboard screw

attaching quarter trim panel to inner quarter panel
(Fig. 75).

(7) Remove screws attaching quarter trim panel to

inner quarter panel through the speaker opening.

Fig. 73 Forward Instrument Panel Console

1 – INSTRUMENT PANEL
2 – FORWARD INSTRUMENT PANEL CONSOLE
3 – PARK BRAKE
4 – GEAR SHIFTER

JX

BODY

23 - 65

REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)

(8) Remove screws attaching quarter trim panel to

inner quarter panel at rear of trim panel.

(9) Remove push-in fasteners attaching quarter

trim panel to inner quarter panel at front of trim
panel.

(10) Pull trim panel from inner quarter panel and

disconnect speaker wiring connector.

(11) Remove quarter trim panel from vehicle.

INSTALLATION

(1) Position quarter trim panel on vehicle.
(2) Connect speaker wiring connector.
(3) Install push-in fasteners attaching quarter

trim panel to inner quarter panel at front of trim
panel.

(4) Install screws attaching quarter trim panel to

inner quarter panel through the speaker opening.

(5) Install

vertical

screws

and

inboard

screw

attaching quarter trim panel to inner quarter panel.

(6) Install screws attaching quarter trim panel to

inner quarter panel at rear of trim panel.

(7) Install push-in fastener attaching quarter trim

panel to door sill panel.

(8) Install door sill trim panel.
(9) Install speaker grille.
(10) Install rear seat cushion and rear seat back.

REAR OUTER SEAT BELT AND RETRACTOR

REMOVAL

(1) Remove rear seat cushion.
(2) Remove rear seat back.
(3) Remove quarter trim panel.
(4) Remove bolt attaching seat belt anchor to floor

pan (Fig. 76).

(5) Remove bolt attaching seat belt retractor to

rear seat support assembly.

(6) Remove seat belt and retractor assembly from

vehicle.

Fig. 74 Speaker Grille

1 – QUARTER TRIM PANEL
2 – SPEAKER GRILLE

Fig. 75 Quarter Trim Panel

1 – INNER QUARTER PANEL
2 – INBOARD VELCRO SCREW
3 – SCREWS
4 – QUARTER TRIM PANEL
5 – PUSH-IN FASTENER

Fig. 76 Rear Outer Seat Belt And Retractor

1 – SEAT BELT RETRACTOR
2 – REAR SEAT SUPPORT
3 – TAB
4 – A
5 – LOWER ANCHOR

23 - 66

BODY

JX

REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)

INSTALLATION

(1) Position seat belt and retractor assembly to

rear seat support assembly.

(2) Engage hook on seat belt retractor to slot in

rear seat support assembly.

(3) Install bolt attaching seat belt retractor to rear

seat support assembly.

(4) Route seat belt through channel and snap bezel

onto top of channel.

(5) Install bolt attaching seat belt anchor to floor

pan.

(6) Verify that seat belt is not twisted when

engaged to seat belt buckle and that the tab on the
lower seat belt anchor is between the formations on
the floor pan (Fig. 76).

(7) Install quarter trim panel.
(8) Install rear seat back.
(9) Install rear seat cushion.

NOTE: Tighten both seat belt fasteners to 40 N·m
(350 in. lbs.) torque.

REAR INNER SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY

REMOVAL

(1) Remove rear seat cushion.
(2) Remove nuts holding seat belt assembly to

floor pan.

(3) Remove rear inner seat belt assembly (Fig. 77).

INSTALLATION

(1) Position rear inner seat belt assembly onto

studs on floor pan.

(2) Install nuts holding seat belt assembly to floor

pan.

(3) Install rear seat cushion.

NOTE: Torque specification for rear inner seat belt
assembly is 40 N·m (350 in. lbs.).

QUARTER WINDOW MODULE

REMOVAL

(1) Raise quarter glass to full up position, if possi-

ble, to aid in removal.

(2) Remove quarter trim panel.
(3) Partially lower convertible top.
(4) Remove the fasteners attaching the glass to the

lift channel of the quarter window glass module (Fig.
78).

(5) Loosen the latch plate hook nut and remove

the glass from the vehicle.

(6) Remove screws attaching quarter panel weath-

erstrip assembly to the outer quarter panel.

(7) Loosen upper deck molding.
(8) Pull upward at one end of the outer belt weath-

erstrip assembly to remove from vehicle.

INSTALLATION

(1) Position the quarter panel outer belt weather-

strip assembly on vehicle.

(2) Push the outer belt weatherstrip assembly

downward until the weatherstrip assembly is fully
seated.

(3) Install the screws attaching the outer belt

weatherstrip assembly to outer panel.

(4) Tighten the upper belt molding fasteners.
(5) Position the glass in the vehicle.

Fig. 77 Rear Inner Seat Belt Assembly

1 – REAR SEAT BACK
2 – FLOOR PAN
3 – INNER SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY

Fig. 78 Quarter Window Glass

1 – QUARTER GLASS LIFT CHANNEL
2 – INNER QUARTER PANEL
3 – LATCH PLATE HOOK NUT
4 – QUARTER GLASS

JX

BODY

23 - 67

REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)

(6) Loosely install the fasteners attaching the

glass to the lift channel of the quarter window mod-
ule.

(7) Tighten the latch plate hook nut.
(8) Adjust the quarter glass as necessary. Refer to

the Quarter Glass Adjustment procedures.

(9) Lift quarter window module upward and out

opening at top of quarter panel.

(10) Install quarter trim panel.
(11) Raise and secure convertible top.

CARPET

REMOVAL

(1) Lower convertible top to full down position.
(2) Remove front seats.
(3) Remove rear seat cushion.
(4) Remove floor console and forward instrument

panel console.

(5) Remove door sill trim panels.
(6) Remove cowl trim panels.
(7) Remove quarter trim panels.
(8) Remove amplifier on passenger side of floor

pan, if so equipped.

(9) Remove wiring troughs holding carpet at out-

board ends of rear seat crossmember.

(10) Remove push-in fasteners from rear of carpet

attaching carpet to rear seat crossmember (Fig. 79).

(11) Remove plastic sill retainers from metal clips

along door sill panel.

(12) Remove carpet from vehicle (Fig. 79).

INSTALLATION

(1) Position carpet in vehicle.
(2) Install push-in fasteners from rear of carpet

holding carpet to rear seat crossmember.

(3) Feed wiring connectors for the seats and ampli-

fier, if equipped, through slits in carpet.

(4) Install plastic sill retainers in metal clips along

door sill panel.

(5) Install wiring troughs attaching carpet at out-

board ends of rear seat crossmember.

(6) Install amplifier on passenger side of floor pan,

if so equipped.

(7) Install quarter trim panels.
(8) Install cowl trim panels.
(9) Install door sill trim panels.
(10) Install floor console and forward instrument

panel console.

(11) Install rear seat cushion.
(12) Install front seats.
(13) Raise and secure convertible top.

QUARTER PANEL OUTER BELT
WEATHERSTRIP/MOLDING

REMOVAL

(1) Lower convertible top to midway position.
(2) Lower quarter glass to full down position.
(3) Remove quarter trim panel.
(4) Remove screws attaching quarter panel outer

belt weatherstrip/molding to outer quarter panel.

(5) Loosen appropriate side of upper deck molding.
(6) Pull upward at one end of outer belt weather-

strip to separate from vehicle.

(7) Remove outer belt weatherstrip from vehicle.

Fig. 79 Carpet Fasteners

1 – DOOR SILL
2 – SEAT WIRING SLIT
3 – CARPET
4 – DOOR SILL
5 – AMPLIFIER WIRING SLIT
6 – REAR SEAT CROSSMEMBER

Fig. 80 Carpet

1 – CARPET
2 – DOOR SILL
3 – REAR SEAT CROSSMEMBER

23 - 68

BODY

JX

REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)