Front Seat Assembly: Disassembly

CAUTION: Wear protective gloves. Sharp surfaces on the front seat adjuster frame could cause injuries to your hands.

HINT:

The procedure described below is for the driver side of LHD. Use the same procedure for both the front passenger and driver sides of LHD, unless otherwise specified.

REMOVE FRONT SEAT HEADREST ASSEMBLY
1. Using a screwdriver with its tip wrapped in protective tape, release lock button B while pressing in lock button A, and remove the front seat headrest assembly.
  
  Fig 1: Identifying Lock Button
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REMOVE RECLINING ADJUSTER RELEASE HANDLE
1. Using a screwdriver with its tip wrapped in protective tape, disengage the claw and remove the reclining adjuster release handle.
  
  Fig 2: Removing Reclining Adjuster Release Handle
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION SHIELD LH
1. Remove the screw.
2. Using a screwdriver with its tip wrapped in protective tape, disengage the 2 claws and the clip and remove the front seat cushion shield.
  
  Fig 3: Locating Front Seat Cushion Shield Claws And Clip
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT INNER BELT ASSEMBLY (See REMOVAL )
REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION SHIELD RH
1. Remove the screw.
2. Using a screwdriver with its tip wrapped in protective tape, disengage the claw and the clip and remove the front seat cushion shield.
  
  Fig 4: Locating Front Seat Cushion Shield Claw And Clip
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION COVER PAD
1. Disengage the 4 hooks, and remove the front seat cushion cover band.
  
  Fig 5: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Cover Band Hooks
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2. Using a clip remover, remove the 2 clips.
3. Remove the hook tape and the front seat cushion cover pad fixing cover.
4. Disengage the 2 claws and 9 hooks, and remove the front seat cushion cover pad.
  
  Fig 7: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Cover Pad Claws And Hooks
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REMOVE FRONT SEATBACK COVER PAD
1. Remove the 3 hog rings as shown in the illustration.
  
  Fig 8: Identifying Hog Rings
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2. Remove the 2 hog rings shown in the illustration.
  
  Fig 9: Identifying Hog Rings
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3. Using a screwdriver with its tip wrapped in protective tape, Press the headrest support into the seat back cover pad.
  NOTE: Do not damage the seat cover and seat back pad.
  
  Fig 10: Pressing Headrest Support Into Seat Back Cover Pad
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4. Remove the front seatback cover pad.
  
  Fig 11: Identifying Front Seatback Cover Pad
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT SIDE AIRBAG ASSEMBLY
1. Remove the airbag connector and the 3 wire harness clamps.
  
  Fig 12: Locating Airbag Connector And Wire Harness Clamps
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2. Using a clip remover, remove the 2 wire harness clamps.
  
  Fig 13: Locating Wiring Harness Clamps
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3. Remove the 2 nuts and the front seat side airbag.
REMOVE FRONT SEAT HEADREST SUPPORT
1. Using a screwdriver, fix the upper active headrest unit.
2. Disengage the 4 claws and remove the 2 front seat headrest supports.
  
  Fig 15: Identifying Front Seat Headrest Supports Claws
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REMOVE UPPER ACTIVE HEADREST UNIT
1. Remove the 5 nuts.
2. Disengage the lower active headrest unit cable and remove the upper active headrest unit.
REMOVE LOWER ACTIVE HEADREST UNIT
1. Remove the 2 nuts and remove the lower active headrest unit.
  
  Fig 17: Locating Lower Active Headrest Unit Nuts
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REMOVE RECLINING ADJUSTER INSIDE COVER LH
1. Remove the screw.
2. Disengage the claw and remove the reclining adjuster inside cover.
REMOVE RECLINING ADJUSTER INSIDE COVER RH
HINT:

Use the same procedure as for the LH side.
REMOVE RECLINING ADJUSTER OUTSIDE COVER LH
1. Remove the screw and the reclining adjuster outside cover.
REMOVE RECLINING ADJUSTER OUTSIDE COVER RH
HINT:

Use the same procedure as for the LH side.
REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION LOWER SHIELD LH
1. Remove the screw.
2. Disengage the claw and remove the front seat cushion lower shield.
REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION LOWER SHIELD RH
1. Remove the screw.
2. Disengage the claw and remove the front seat cushion lower shield.
REMOVE SEAT SLIDE POSITION SENSOR PROTECTOR (for Driver Side)
1. Disengage the pin and remove the seat slide position sensor protector.
  
  Fig 22: Identifying Seat Slide Position Sensor Protector And Pin
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REMOVE SEAT POSITION SENSOR (for Driver Side)
1. Using "TORX" socket wrench T30, remove the bolt and the seat position sensor.
  
  Fig 23: Locating Bolt And Seat Position Sensor
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT WIRE (for Front Passenger Side)
1. Disconnect the 5 connectors.
2. Remove the 2 wiring harness clamps and the front seat wire.
REMOVE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION ECU (for Front Passenger Side)
1. Disengage the claw and remove the occupant classification ECU.