Seat Heating Element

Seat Heating Element

Removing

- Remove the cover and upholstery from the bench seat. Refer to:

• => [ Bench Seat without Center Storage Compartment, Cover and Padding ] Bench Seat Without Center Storage Compartment, Cover and Padding.

• => [ Bench Seat with Center Storage Compartment, Cover and Padding ] Bench Seat With Center Storage Compartment, Cover and Padding.

- Separate the cover from the upholstery. Refer to:

• => [ Bench Seat without Center Storage Compartment, Cover and Padding, Separating ] Bench Seat Without Center Storage Compartment, Cover and Padding, Separating.

• => [ Bench Seat with Center Storage Compartment, Cover and Padding, Separating ] Bench Seat With Center Storage Compartment, Cover and Padding, Separating.

- Cut electrical wire - 3 - off directly at old seat heating element - 2 -.






• The old seat heating element remains on the upholstery - 1 - and the new seat heating element is bonded over it.

• Ignore - arrows A through E - in this reference.

Installing

- Align the new heating element on upholstery.

• Make sure the new seat heating element is affixed to the old heating element.

• Remove the protective films in the bonding sequence for the heating element area.

• When removing the protective film, make sure the heating element is not damaged and that it is attached without wrinkles.

- Begin bonding the center are of the seat heating element - arrow C -.






- Then bond the front area - arrow A -.

- Route the connecting wires from the front to the rear heating surface in the base of the gaps - arrow B -.

- Bond the rear area of the heating surface - arrow D -.

- Pull the wire - 3 - through the slit in the upholstery - arrow E -.

Further installation is performed in the reverse order of removal.