Front Seat Assembly: Disassembly: Disassembly

WARNING:

Wear protective gloves. Sharp surfaces on the parts 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. Push in the lock button of the front seat headrest support and remove the front seat headrest.
  
  Fig 1: Identifying Front Seat Headrest Button
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  TEXT IN ILLUSTRATION
  
  *1 Lock Button
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: Identifying Front Seat Recliner Claw
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  *1 Protective Tape
REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION SHIELD LH
1. Remove the screw.
  
  Fig 3: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Shield Claws And Clip
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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.
REMOVE FRONT SEAT INNER BELT ASSEMBLY . Refer to REMOVAL - Step 4
REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION SHIELD RH
1. Remove the screw.
  
  Fig 4: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Shield Claw And Clip
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2. Using a screwdriver with its tip wrapped in protective tape, disengage the claw and the clip and remove the front seat cushion shield.
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.
  
  Fig 6: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Cover Pad Fixing Cover Clips
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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 & 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 seatback cover pad.
  NOTE:
  Do not damage the seat cover and seatback pad.
  
  Fig 10: Identifying Front seat headrest Support
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  *1 Protective Tape
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: Identifying Airbag Connector And Wire Harness Clamps
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2. Using a clip remover, remove the 2 wire harness clamps.
  
  Fig 13: Identifying Clamps
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3. Remove the 2 nuts and the front seat side airbag.
  
  Fig 14: Identifying Front Seat Side Airbag With Nuts
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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.
  
  Fig 16: Identifying Upper Active Headrest Unit Nuts
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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: Identifying Lower Active Headrest Unit Nuts
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REMOVE RECLINING ADJUSTER INSIDE COVER LH
1. Remove the screw.
  
  Fig 18: Identifying Reclining Adjuster Inside Cover Claw
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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.
  
  Fig 19: Identifying Reclining Adjuster Outside Cover Screw
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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.
  
  Fig 20: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Lower Shield Claw And Screw
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2. Disengage the claw and remove the front seat cushion lower shield.
REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION LOWER SHIELD RH
1. Remove the screw.
  
  Fig 21: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Lower Shield Claw And Screw
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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 Position Sensor Protector Pin
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REMOVE SEAT POSITION SENSOR (for Driver Side)
1. Using T30 "TORX" socket wrench remove the bolt and the seat position sensor.
  
  Fig 23: Identifying Seat Position Sensor Bolt
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT WIRE (for Front Passenger Side)
1. Disconnect the 5 connectors.
  
  Fig 24: Identifying Front Seat Wiring Harness Clamps And Connector
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2. Remove the 2 wire 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.
  
  Fig 25: Identifying Occupant Classification ECU Claw
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