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Seat Backrest Cover - Front, 60 Percent

SEAT BACKREST COVER - FRONT, 60 PERCENT


Seat Backrest - Front, 40 Percent (Part 1):






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Seat Cushion - Front, 40 Percent (Part 1):






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Seat Cushion - Front, 60 Percent (Part 1):






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Removal and Installation

WARNING:
- The safety belt pretensioner is a pyrotechnic device. Always wear safety glasses when repairing an air bag equipped vehicle and when handling a safety belt buckle pretensioner or safety belt retractor pretensioner. Never probe a pretensioner electrical connector. Doing so could result in pretensioner or air bag deployment and could result in personal injury.
- Carry a live side air bag module with the air bag and tear seam pointed away from your body. This will reduce the risk of injury in the event of an accidental deployment.
- Do not set a live side air bag module down on the cover tear seam. This will reduce the risk of injury in the event of an accidental deployment.
- After deployment, the air bag surface can contain deposits of sodium hydroxide, a product of the gas generant combustion that is irritating to the skin. Wash your hands with soap and water afterwards.
- Never probe the connectors on the air bag module. Doing so can result in air bag deployment, which can result in personal injury.
- Side air bag modules with damaged covers must be replaced.
- Front seat back trim covers installed on seats equipped with side air bags cannot be repaired, they are to be replaced. Cleaning is permissible.
- To reduce the risk of personal injury, do not use any memory saver devices.

NOTE:
- If a side air bag deployment took place, a new seat back pad, trim cover and side air bag module and nuts must be installed. The seat back frame should be replaced if necessary.
- The air bag warning lamp illuminates when the restraints control module (RCM) fuse is removed and the ignition switch is ON. This is normal operation and does not indicate a supplemental restraint system (SRS) fault.
- The SRS must be fully operational and free of faults before releasing the vehicle to the customer.

1. Remove the seat and depower the SRS.
2. Remove the backrest assembly.
3. Remove the head restraint
- Push in the RH guide button to release and remove the head restraint.







4. Raise the rear trim cover flap and release the inner J-clip.

5. NOTE: The head restraint guides are not interchangeable. Note location for installation.

Remove the headrest guides.
- Reach a hand into the backrest and pinch the headrest guide ends together to release from the backrest frame.
- Pull the backrest trim cover away from the spring clips while pulling out the headrest guides.







6. CAUTION: Use care when separating the backrest trim cover from the hook-and-loop strip, or the hook-and-loop strip can be torn from the backrest foam pad.

Partially invert the backrest trim cover and remove the lower hog rings from the support wires.







7. CAUTION: Use care when separating the backrest trim cover from the hook-and-loop strip, or the hook-and-loop strip can be torn from the backrest foam pad.

NOTE: Note the side air bag module deployment chute routing for installation.

Continue to invert the trim cover and remove the upper hog rings.
- Route the side air bag module deployment chute through the slot in the foam pad.

8. Remove the trim cover.

9. WARNING:
- Check the side air bag module deployment chute for damage. The side air bag module deployment chute must not be repaired. If there is any damage to the deployment chute, a new seat back trim cover and deployment chute must be installed as a unit. Failure to do so may result in personal injury, in the event of an air bag deployment.
- Inspect the mounting surfaces of the side air bag module for any foreign objects before installing the side air bag module. If any foreign objects are found, remove them. Failure to do so may result in personal injury, in the event of an air bag deployment.
- If the side air bag module cover has separated or the air bag material has been exposed, install a new side air bag module. Do not attempt to repair the air bag module. Failure to do so may result in personal injury, in the event of an air bag deployment.

To assemble, reverse the disassembly procedure.

10. Install the backrest assembly.
11. Install the seat and repower the SRS.
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