Front Seat Assembly: Disassembly

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

HINT:

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

REMOVE VERTICAL SEAT ADJUSTER KNOB (for Driver Side)
1. Using a screwdriver with its tip wrapped in protective tape, disengage the snap ring and remove the vertical seat adjuster knob.
  
  Fig 1: Identifying Vertical Seat Adjuster Knob Snap Ring
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REMOVE VERTICAL SEAT ADJUSTER HANDLE COVER (for Driver Side)
1. Using a screwdriver with its tip wrapped in protective tape, disengage the 3 claws and remove the vertical seat adjuster handle cover.
  
  Fig 2: Identifying Vertical Seat Adjuster Handle Cover Claws
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REMOVE VERTICAL SEAT ADJUSTER HANDLE (for Driver Side)
1. Remove the 2 screws and the vertical seat adjuster handle.
  
  Fig 3: Identifying Vertical Seat Adjuster Handle Screws
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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 4: Identifying Reclining Adjuster Release Handle Claw
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION OUTER SHIELD
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 outer shield.
  
  Fig 5: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Outer Shield Claws & Clip
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT INNER BELT ASSEMBLY (See REMOVAL )
REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION INNER SHIELD
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 inner shield.
  
  Fig 6: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Inner Shield Claw & Clip
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION ASSEMBLY
1. Using a clip remover, remove the 2 clips.
  
  Fig 7: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Clips
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2. Remove the 2 front seatback cover bands.
  
  Fig 8: Identifying Front Seatback Cover Bands
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3. Disengage the 2 claws and the 7 hooks and remove the front seat cushion.
  
  Fig 9: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Claws & Hooks
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION COVER
1. Remove the 12 hog rings and the front seat cushion cover.
  
  Fig 10: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Cover Hog Rings
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT HEADREST ASSEMBLY
1. Push in the lock button of the front seat headrest support and remove the front seat headrest.
  
  Fig 11: Identifying Front Seat Headrest Lock Button
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT ARMREST CAP (for Driver Side)
1. Using a screwdriver with its tip wrapped in protective tape, disengage the 4 claws and remove the front seat armrest cap.
  
  Fig 12: Identifying Front Seat Armrest Cap Claws
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT ARMREST COVER (for Front Passenger Side)
1. Using a screwdriver with its tip wrapped in protective tape, disengage the 2 claws and remove the front seat armrest cover.
  
  Fig 13: Identifying Front Seat Armrest Cover Claws
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT ARMREST ASSEMBLY (for Driver Side)
1. Remove the bolt, the bush and the front seat armrest.
  
  Fig 14: Identifying Front Seat Armrest Bolt
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT HEADREST SUPPORT
1. Remove the 3 hog rings.
  
  Fig 15: Identifying Front Seat Headrest Support Hog Ring
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2. Remove the 2 hog rings.
3. Unfasten the 2 zippers.
  
  Fig 16: Identifying Hog Ring & Zippers
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4. Disengage the 2 claws and remove the front seat headrest support.
  HINT:
  
  Use the same procedure for both sides.
  
  Fig 17: Identifying Front Seat Headrest Support Claws
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REMOVE FRONT SEATBACK ASSEMBLY
1. Using a clip remover, remove the 2 clips.
2. Remove the 4 hog rings.
  
  Fig 18: Identifying Front Seatback Clips & Hog Rings With Nut
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3. Remove the nut.
4. Remove the front seatback.
REMOVE FRONT SEATBACK COVER
1. Remove the 5 hog rings and the front seatback cover.
  
  Fig 20: Identifying Front Seatback Cover Hog Rings
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REMOVE VERTICAL SEAT ADJUSTER BUSH (for Driver Side)
1. Disengage the claw and remove the vertical seat adjuster bush.
  
  Fig 21: Identifying Vertical Seat Adjuster Bush Claw
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2. Remove the wire harness clamp.
3. 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.
REMOVE VERTICAL SEAT ADJUSTER BUSH (for Driver Side)
1. Disengage the claw and remove the vertical seat adjuster bush.
  
  Fig 23: Identifying Vertical Seat Adjuster Bush Claw
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REMOVE RECLINING ADJUSTER INSIDE COVER RH
1. Remove the screw.
2. Disengage the claw and remove the reclining adjuster inside cover.
  
  Fig 24: Identifying Reclining Adjuster Inside Cover RH Screw
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REMOVE RECLINING ADJUSTER INSIDE COVER LH
1. Remove the screw.
2. Using a clip remover, remove the clamp.
3. Disengage the claw and remove the reclining adjuster inside cover.
  
  Fig 25: Identifying Reclining Adjuster Inside Cover LH
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REMOVE RECLINING ADJUSTER OUTSIDE COVER RH
1. Remove the screw and the reclining adjuster outside cover.
  
  Fig 26: Identifying Reclining Adjuster Outside Cover Screw
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REMOVE RECLINING ADJUSTER OUTSIDE COVER LH
HINT:

Use the same procedure as for the RH side.
REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION LOWER SHIELD RH
1. Disengage the claw and remove the front seat cushion lower shield.
  
  Fig 27: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Lower Shield Claw
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION LOWER SHIELD LH
HINT:

Use the same procedure as for the RH side.
REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION EDGE PROTECTOR
1. Remove the 2 front seat cushion edge protectors.
  
  Fig 28: Identifying Front Seat Cushion Edge Protectors
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REMOVE SEAT POSITION SENSOR (for Driver Side)
1. Remove the bolt and the seat position sensor.
  
  Fig 29: Identifying Seat Position Sensor Bolt
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REMOVE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION ECU (for Front Passenger Side)
1. Disconnect the 2 connectors.
2. Using a screwdriver, disengage the claw and remove the occupant classification ECU.
  
  Fig 30: Identifying Occupant Classification ECU Claw
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REMOVE FRONT SEAT WIRE (for Front Passenger Side)
1. Disconnect the 4 connectors.
2. Disengage the claw and remove the connector.
3. Using a clip remover, remove the 4 clamps and the front seat wire.
  
  Fig 31: Identifying Front Seat Wire Connectors
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