Seat Recliner - Manual

SEAT RECLINER - MANUAL

Removal and Installation

WARNING:
- Always wear safety glasses when repairing a 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.
- 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.
- 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.

1. Position the affected seat all the way forward.
2. Depower the SRS.

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3. NOTE: At installation, after zipping both the zippers, tuck the zippers under the backrest material.

Remove the zippers from under the material and unzip both the zippers for access to the backrest bolts.

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4. CAUTION: Inspect the seat back trim panel retaining hooks for damage. If damaged, install a new seat back trim panel.

Remove the seat back trim panel.
1 Remove the two screws (not shown) located at the bottom of the seat back trim panel.
2 Pull out at the bottom and slide the seat back trim panel up to disengage the retaining hooks.







5. Release the four seat back trim cover retainers (three shown).







6. Remove the outboard hog rings that attach the foam pad to the seat backrest frame.
- When installing, make sure the hog rings go around the listing wire in the foam pad as well as the backrest frame wire.







7. Remove the backrest recliner handle.







8. Release the side outboard cushion J-clips.







9. Release the cushion trim cover rear J-clip.







10. Release the cushion trim cover rear hook and loop strip.







11. Remove the backrest to recliner bolts.







12. Remove the bolts and the recliner assembly.
13. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
14. Repower the SRS.