Seat Front - 60/40 Split Bench Disassembly/Assembly: Disassembly
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.
WARNING:
- 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.
NOTE:
- 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.
NOTE:
- The SRS must be fully operational and free faults before releasing the vehicle to the customer.
- Depower the SRS. See SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) DEACTIVATION AND REACTIVATION .
- Remove the affected seat. See SEAT BUCKET FRONT REMOVAL/INSTALLATION .
- Remove the 60 percent armrest. See SEAT ARMREST FRONT - 60 PERCENT BENCH REMOVAL/INSTALLATION .
- Remove the 60 percent seat backrest assembly. See SEAT BACKREST FRONT - BUCKET AND 40 PERCENT BENCH REMOVAL/INSTALLATION .
- Release the backrest J-clip.
CAUTION:
- Use care when separating the seat back trim cover from the hook and loop strips or the hook and loop strips may be torn from the seat back foam.
- Invert the backrest material and release the hook and loop strips.
- Remove all the hog rings and remove the backrest trim cover from the backrest foam pad.
- Lift the lower end of the backrest foam pad off the backrest frame.
- Slide the backrest frame down and out of the backrest foam pad headrest pocket.