Method for installing a
seat belt assembly (19) into a vehicle body (50), in which, in a pre-
assembly process step (V), functional elements (20, 21, 23, 24) of the
seat belt assembly (19) and / or a pillar trim (17) are pre-assembled on a module carrier (9; 14) to form a pre-assembly unit (VM), and in an automated assembly process step (ZSB), the pre-assembly unit (VM) is joined by means of at least one
robot (60) to at least one pillar-side connection point (S) of a body pillar (3), in particular a B-pillar, in a joining direction (F1, F2) from the vehicle interior to an inner side of the body pillar (3) facing the vehicle interior, characterized in that the pillar-side connection point (S) is a screw connection in which the pre-assembly unit (VM) is clamped to the body pillar (3) by means of a screw bolt (45).wherein the assembly process step (ZSB) is divided into a feeding sub-step in which the pre-assembly unit (VM) is guided in the joining direction (F1, F2) to the body pillar (3), a pre-positioning sub-step in which the pre-assembly unit (VM) is correctly pre-positioned in a
screw position (SP) on the body pillar (3), and an assembly sub-step in which the pre-assembly unit (VM) is screwed to the body pillar (3), wherein the pre-assembly unit (VM) and the body pillar (3) have a positioning aid (P) by means of which the pre-assembly unit (VM) is pre-positioned in the
screw position (SP), and in particular, of the two joining partners, i.e., the pre-assembly unit (VM) and the body pillar (3), a first joining partner has a
cam pin (55) which interacts with a
cam track (49) of the second joining partner,so that pre-positioning is achieved by loosely
hooking the pre-assembly unit (VM) into the body pillar (3).