Repair Procedure A: For Vehicles Built On or Before Sept. 16, 2004

1. Remove the seat. Refer to the service information available on TechCONNECT, Section 23 Body, Seats, Seat, Removal, Seat - Third Row - Fold-In-Floor.

2. Place the seat assembly upside down in the folded seat back position on a clean bench surface.

3. Remove the inboard front leg cover trim screw. The screw is located on the inboard side of the inboard leg cover near where the leg latches to the floor.

4. Rotate the front inboard leg down into the stow position by hand.





5. Using a large screwdriver, remove the cover from the front leg by wedging the screwdriver between the top of the leg cover and the seat assembly and prying down, applying a lifting force on the cover. (Fig. 1).

WARNING:
The seat leg is spring loaded. Be careful when you release the leg that is being held down with your hand.





6. Remove the rear seat to floor carpet cover by disengaging the clips, starting from the inboard clip and working towards the outboard clip (Fig. 2).





CAUTION:
Be careful removing the rear seat to floor carpet cover. Do not lift the cover to disengage the retaining clips. Doing so may break the clip tower off of the carpet cover.





7. Remove the cable end clip by prying up on the base of the clip with a screwdriver (Fig. 4).





8. Remove the pulley by forcing the pulley toward the front of the seat. The pulley should pop out of it's grooves by tapping on the pulley using a screwdriver and a hammer (Fig. 5).

9. At the back of the seat, remove the eye clip from the spring, located in the rear leg.

10. Remove the spring from the rear foot. You may need to use a screwdriver to pop the spring out of the hook.





11. Remove the cable from the retainer at the base of the rear foot by using a screwdriver to pry toward the open side of the retainer (Fig. 6).





12. If the seat has a tie strap securing the cable, proceed to Step # 14. If the seat has a bracket securing the cable, proceed to Step # 13





13. Pry the bracket open slightly so that the cable can be removed from the bracket. Proceed to Step # 15

14. Remove the tie strap securing the cable housing. Proceed to Step # 15.

15. Remove the cable from the seat.

16. Slide the bare wire of the new cable from the kit, through the retaining bracket. Make sure that the cable is oriented correctly with the eyelet hook towards the rear of the seat and the end clip toward the front of the seat.

17. Continue feeding the cable through the retaining bracket until the conduit is through.





18. Feed the eyelet hook through the rear foot. The cable must run underneath the pivot shaft at the base, and then be fed up through the rear foot. Leave slack in the cable (Fig. 9).





19. Attach the spring hook to the tip of the rear foot (Fig. 10).





20. Attach the cable eyelet hook to the empty hook on the spring, making sure that the cable is not bent or kinked (Fig. 11).

21. Attach the cable to the retainer at the base of the rear foot by using a screwdriver to pry into the open side of the retainer.

22. Attach the cable end clip by prying downward with a screwdriver on the end clip after it has been located on the outboard post of the inboard leg. Make sure that the head of the screwdriver is flush against the clip before pushing, because the clip will rotate on this post unless they are square to each other.

23. Insert the cable guide in the pulley holster and slide all the way down.





24. Line up the cable between the pulley holsters and in the slot of the guide (Fig. 12).

NOTE:
If the cable guide is missing or damaged the new cable guide must be installed before the new pulley is installed. The cable guide and the pulley are not attached. Ensure that the tall part of the cable guide faces toward the rear of the seat.

25. Using a non-marking tool, push the pulley into the holsters, apply force toward the rear of the seat. The pulley will follow tracks in the holsters and pop into place.

NOTE:
Spray Mopar White Lithium Grease, p/n 04318066AB, on to the steel pulley, where the cable and the pulley contact each other.

26. If the seat had a tie strap securing the cable, proceed to Step # 28. If the seat has a bracket securing the cable, proceed to Step # 27

27. Place the cable in the bracket and pry the bracket closed (Fig. 7). Proceed to Step # 29

28. Install a tie strap, p/n 04856500, (Fig. 8).





NOTE:
If the front leg cover is not embossed with "Do Not Lift" as shown in (Fig. 13), replace all four front leg covers before continuing to the next step.





29. While holding the front leg at approximately a 20-45° angle, locate and slide the tip of the front leg cover onto the front leg (Fig. 14).

30. Push the leg down into the stow position and apply downward force until the cover snaps into place.

31. Install the inboard front leg cover trim screw.

32. Install the seat assembly in the vehicle. Refer to the service information available on TechCONNECT, Section 23 Body, Seats, Seat, Installation, Seat - Third Row - Fold-In-Floor.