Front Seat Backrest - Bucket and 40 Percent

FRONT SEAT BACKREST - BUCKET AND 40 PERCENT

Removal

WARNING:
- 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 seat mounted side air bag and/or a safety belt pretensioner (if equipped) system is being serviced, the supplemental restraint system (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.
- Driver seat is shown, passenger seat is similar.

All Seats
1. Depower the SRS.
2. Remove the affected seat.

3. Remove the recliner handle screw and the recliner handle.

Seats with manual lumbar

4. NOTE: The lumbar support assembly must be fully relaxed.

Relax the lumbar support assembly and remove the lumbar knob.

5. Remove the two screws and lumbar support adjuster.

6. NOTE: Note the routing of the lumbar cable.

Disconnect the lumbar support adjuster.
- To separate the lumbar support adjuster from the lumbar adjustment cable, align the lumbar adjustment cable ball socket in the lumbar support adjuster keyway and bend parts 90 degrees to each other.

All seats

7. Remove the screw on the side shield.

8. Remove the front side shield screw.

9. Pull out on the side and the rear of side shield to detach the two clips (one shown).

10. Release the inboard side rear J-clip.

11. Release the inboard side bottom J-clip for access to the safety belt buckle pretensioner.

12. Remove the safety belt buckle pretensioner cover screw and remove the cover.

13. NOTE: Note the routing of the wire harness through the seat for installation.

Detach the safety belt buckle pretensioner wire harness from the seat cushion pan.

14. Remove the safety belt buckle pretensioner nut and remove the safety belt buckle pretensioner and wire harness.

15. Remove the outboard rear pin-type retainer and position material to the side.

16. Remove the outboard recliner cable.
1 Detach the recliner cable from its anchor point.
2 Swivel the cable end and remove from the recliner retainer.
3 Remove the cable.

17. Remove the inboard recliner cable.
1 Detach the recliner cable from its anchor point.
2 Swivel the cable end and remove from the recliner retainer.
3 Remove the cable.

18. Remove the two inboard backrest bolts.

19. Remove the two outboard backrest bolts.

20. NOTE: If equipped, note position of the lumbar cable where it comes through the seat cushion.

Remove the backrest assembly.

Installation

All seats
1. Install the backrest assembly.

2. Install the two outboard backrest bolts.

3. Install the two inboard backrest bolts.

4. Install the inboard recliner cable.
1 Position the recliner cable.
2 Install the recliner cable end and swivel the cable.
3 Attach the recliner cable at its anchor point.

5. Install the outboard recliner cable.
1 Position the recliner cable.
2 Install the recliner cable end and swivel the cable.
3 Attach the recliner cable to its anchor point.

6. Position material and install the outboard pin-type retainer.

7. Install the safety belt buckle pretensioner and install the safety belt buckle pretensioner nut.

8. Route the safety belt buckle pretensioner wire harness through the seat frame and attach the safety belt buckle pretensioner wire harness to the seat cushion pan.