Front Seat Back Cover

FRONT SEAT BACK COVER

REMOVAL

WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supplemental restraint system before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, occupant classification system, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the supplemental restraint system. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.

WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death on vehicles equipped with the occupant classification system (OCS), only the occupant classification module (OCM) and the seat cushion trim may be serviced separately. All other components of the passenger side front seat cushion assembly must be serviced only as a complete factory-calibrated,assembled and tamper-evident service replacement package. This package includes the bladder, sensor, foam, wiring and a calibrated OCM. When installing this package always replace all of the existing components with the new components as a unit. Do not attempt to separate or disconnect any of the new OCS components in the service replacement package from each other, and do not attempt to reuse any of the replaced components in this or any other vehicle. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in failure of the passenger airbag to deploy when required, or in passenger airbag deployment when not required.

NOTE: On Leather trimmed seats, the back cover can be removed from the back foam pad. On Cloth trimmed seats, the seat back cover does not separate from the back foam pad.

Fig. 19:

1. Remove headrest sleeves (Fig. 19).

Fig. 20:

Fig. 21:

2. Remove armrest cap and attaching bolt (Fig. 20) and (Fig. 21).

Fig. 22:

3. Remove lumbar handle (Fig. 22).

Fig. 23:

4. Remove the seat back panel (Fig. 23).

Fig. 24:

5. Release seat back cover hook and loop strip (Fig. 24).

Fig. 25:

Fig. 26:

6. Unclip J-straps (Fig. 25) and (Fig. 26).

Fig. 27:

7. Pull seat back cover and foam free of seat back frame assembly (Fig. 27).

Fig. 28:

8. Lift seat back cover and foam from the seat back frame (Fig. 28).

Fig. 29:

Fig. 30:

9. Separate seat back cover from the foam by siding the locking strips through the keepers (Fig. 29) and (Fig. 30).
10. Remove seat back cover from vehicle.

INSTALLATION

WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death, on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the supplemental restraint system before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, occupant classification system, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the supplemental restraint system. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.

WARNING: To avoid personal injury or death on vehicles equipped with the occupant classification system (OCS), only the occupant classification module (OCM) and the seat cushion trim may be serviced separately. All other components of the passenger side front seat cushion assembly must be serviced only as a complete factory-calibrated, assembled and tamper-evident service replacement package. This package includes the frame, springs, pad, bladder, sensor, foam, wiring and a calibrated OCM. When installing this package always replace all of the existing components with the new components as a unit. Do not attempt to separate or disconnect any of the new OCS components in the service replacement package from each other, and do not attempt to reuse any of the replaced components in this or any other vehicle. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in failure of the passenger airbag to deploy when required, or in passenger airbag deployment when not required.

NOTE: On Leather trimmed seats, the back cover can be removed from the back foam pad. On Cloth trimmed seats, the seat back cover does not separate from the back foam pad.

1. Place seat back cover on to the foam and push locking strip into the keepers to lock seat back cover into position (Fig. 29) and (Fig. 30).
2. Fit seat back cover and foam on to seat back frame (Fig. 28).
3. Place seat back cover into position to clip J-straps (Fig. 25) and (Fig. 26).
4. Pull seat back cover tight, and attach the hook and loop strip (Fig. 24).
5. Install seat back panel (Fig. 23).
6. Install lumbar handle (Fig. 22).
7. Install armrest cap and attaching bolt (Fig. 20) and (Fig. 21).

Fig. 31:

8. Install headrest sleeves and install headrest (Fig. 31).