40 Percent

SEAT - FRONT, 40 PERCENT







Removal

WARNING:
- Always wear eye protection when servicing a vehicle. Failure to follow this instruction may result in serious personal injury.
- Never probe the electrical connectors on safety belt buckle/retractor pretensioners or adaptive load limiting retractors. Failure to follow this instruction may result in the accidental deployment of the safety belt pretensioners or adaptive load limiting retractors, which increases the risk of serious personal injury or death.

NOTE:
- The air bag warning indicator illuminates when the restraints control module (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.

1. Position the seat to access all seat-to-floor fasteners.
2. Depower the SRS.
3. Remove the 2 seat-to-floor rear bolt covers.
4. Remove the 2 seat-to-floor rear bolts.

5. CAUTION: Do not pull from the inboard side of the front seat cushion panel shield to avoid damaging it.

Remove the front seat cushion panel shield.
- Release the upper retaining clips working from the outboard side and then release the lower retaining clips.

6. Remove the seat-to-floor front bolt cover.
7. Remove the 2 seat-to-floor front bolts.
8. Detach the pin-type retainer and vehicle wiring harness from the seat.







9. Disconnect the seat harness electrical connectors.
- Disconnect the safety belt buckle pretensioner electrical connector.
- Slide the release button and separate the connector.

- Disconnect the side air bag electrical connector.
- Slide the release button and separate the connector.

- Disconnect the seat harness electrical connector.
- Release the locking tab and rotate the assurance lever fully to disengage the seat harness electrical connector.
- Slightly tip the connector away and disconnect.
- For memory seat, repeat the step and disconnect the other connector.

10. Remove the seat from the vehicle.

Installation

NOTE: The seat-to-floor bolts must be tightened in the sequence described in this procedure.

1. Position the seat in the vehicle.
2. Connect the electrical connectors.
- Connect the seat harness electrical connector.
- Make sure the electrical connector assurance lever is in the fully released position.
- Tip the body harness connector into the seat connector and partially insert.
- Rotate the assurance lever while pushing the connectors together until the handle is locked.
- For memory seat, repeat the step and connect the other connector.

- Connect the safety belt buckle pretensioner electrical connector.
- Make sure the release is locked.

- Connect the side air bag electrical connector.
- Make sure the release is locked.

3. Install the wiring harness pin-type retainer.







4. Install the seat-to-floor bolts in the following sequence.
1 Install the seat-to-floor front inboard bolt.
- Tighten to 40 Nm (30 lb-ft).

2 Install the seat-to-floor front outboard bolt.
- Tighten to 40 Nm (30 lb-ft).

3 Install the seat-to-floor rear inboard bolt.
- Tighten to 40 Nm (30 lb-ft).

4 Install the seat-to-floor rear outboard bolt.
- Tighten to 40 Nm (30 lb-ft).

5. Install the 2 seat-to-floor rear bolt covers and 1 seat-to-floor front bolt cover.
6. Install the front seat cushion panel shield.
7. Repower the SRS.
8. Make sure the safety belts and buckles are accessible to the occupants after installation.