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 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.
- Driver seat shown, passenger seat similar.

All seats
1. Depower the SRS.
2. Remove the affected seat.
3. Remove the seat back adjusting handle screw and 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 2 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 the 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 the side shield to detach the 2 clips (1 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 the material to the side.







16. Remove the outboard seat back latch release cable.
1 Detach the cable from its anchor point.
2 Swivel the cable end and remove from the latch retainer.
3 Remove the cable.







17. Remove the inboard seat back latch release cable.
1 Detach the cable from its anchor point.
2 Swivel the cable end and remove from the latch retainer.
3 Remove the cable.







18. Remove the 2 inboard backrest bolts.







19. Remove the 2 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 2 outboard backrest bolts.
- Tighten to 25 Nm (18 lb-ft).

3. Install the 2 inboard backrest bolts.
- Tighten to 25 Nm (18 lb-ft).







4. Install the inboard seat back latch release cable.
1 Position the seat back latch release cable.
2 Install the seat back latch release cable end and swivel the cable.
3 Attach the cable at its anchor point.







5. Install the outboard seat back latch release cable.
1 Position the cable.
2 Install the seat back latch release cable end and swivel the cable. 3 Attach the cable to its anchor point.







6. Position the material and install the outboard pin-type retainer.
7. Install the safety belt buckle pretensioner and install the safety belt buckle pretensioner nut.
- Tighten to 40 Nm (30 lb-ft).







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.
9. Install the safety belt buckle pretensioner cover and install the screw.







10. Attach the inboard side J-clip.







11. Attach the inboard side rear J-clip.







12. Position the side shield and install the 2 clips (1 shown).
13. Install the front side shield screw.
14. Install the screw on the side shield.

Seats with manual lumbar
15. Route the lumbar adjustment cable as noted during removal.







16. Connect the lumbar support adjuster and the lumbar adjustment cable.







17. Install the lumbar support adjuster and the 2 screws.







18. Install the lumbar knob.

All seats
19. Install the seat back adjusting handle and install the screw.
20. Install the affected seat.
21. Repower the SRS.