Front Seat Backrest

FRONT SEAT BACKREST

Front Seat Backrest:

Disassembly and Assembly

WARNING:
- Always wear safety glasses when repairing an air bag supplemental restraint system (SRS) vehicle and when handling an air bag module. This will reduce the risk of injury in the event of an accidental deployment.
- 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.
- To reduce the risk of personal injury, do not use any memory saver devices.

NOTE:
- If a seat equipped with a supplemental restraint system (SRS) component is being serviced, the SRS must be depowered.
- The air bag warning lamp illuminates when the 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.
- LH seat shown, RH seat similar.

All vehicles
1. Position the front seat to gain access to all 4 mounting bolts.
2. Depower the SRS.
3. Remove the affected seat.
4. Remove the front seat backrest.
5. Remove the head restraint.
6. At the bottom of the seat cushion trim cover release the J-clip.

7. CAUTION: Use care when separating the upholstery from the hook and loop strip, or the hook and loop strip could be torn from the foam pad.

Release the backrest trim cover to foam pad retainers and invert the backrest trim cover in an inside-out fashion.
- Placing a hand between the seat backrest trim cover and pad, carefully separate the hook and loop strips.







8. NOTE:
- The inboard and outboard head restraint sleeves are not interchangeable.
- The head restraint sleeves incorporate and alignment tab that must face forward when installed.

Squeeze together the tip of the head restraint sleeve and pull the sleeve out of the frame tube.

9. Remove the backrest trim cover.
10. Remove the backrest foam pad.

Vehicles with heated seats
11. Remove the backrest heater element from the foam pad as needed.

Vehicles with power lumbar
12. Unclip and remove the power lumbar assembly from the backrest frame.
- Disconnect the power lumbar motor electrical connector.

Vehicles with manual lumbar
13. Drive out the rivets and remove the manual lumbar assembly from the backrest frame

All vehicles
14. To assemble, reverse the disassembly procedure.
15. Install the front seat backrest.
16. Install the affected seat.
17. Repower the SRS.