FRONT SEAT BACK TRIM REMOVAL/INSTALLATION
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Warning
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• Handling a front seat equipped with a side air bag improperly can accidentally operate (deploy) the air bag, which may seriously injure you. Read the service warnings/cautions in the Workshop Manual before handling the front seat (side air bag integrated). (See
AIR BAG SYSTEM SERVICE WARNINGS.) (See
AIR BAG SYSTEM SERVICE CAUTIONS.)
• If the sliding mechanisms on both sides are not locked after assembling the front seat, the front seat will operate accidentally while the vehicle is driven, which could result in serious injury. After assembling the front seat, shake it up and down and verify that the sliding mechanism on the both sides are locked. (With manual seat)
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Caution
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• After the front seat has been removed, if the slider lever is operated and the front seat is reinstalled with the left/right slide positions deviated, the adjuster unit could be damaged. After removing a front seat, do not operate the slider lever. (With manual seat)
• Verify that there are no malfunctions in the forward/back slide of the seat and in the adjuster unit after installing a front seat.
• When performing the procedure with a front seat removed from the vehicle, perform the procedure on a clean cloth so as not to damage or dirty the seat.
Without seat ventilation system
1. Disconnect the negative battery terminal and wait for 1 min or more. (See NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL DISCONNECTION/CONNECTION.)
2. Remove the head restraint.
3. Remove the front seat. (See FRONT SEAT REMOVAL/INSTALLATION.)
4. Remove the fasteners and set the front seat cushion trim away from the front seat cushion frame. (With power seat system)
5. Move the hook in the order of arrows (1) and (2) shown in the figure and set the front seat cushion trim away from the front seat cushion frame. (Without power seat system)
6. Disconnect the connectors.
7. Remove the wiring harness clip.
8. Move hook A in the order of arrows (1) and (2) shown in the figure and detach it from hook B.
9. Unzip the zippers.
10. Peel back the front seat back trim and unhook the hooks.
11. While pressing the tabs in the direction of arrows (1) shown in the figure, pull the pole guides in the direction of arrow (2) and remove the pole guides from the front seat back frame.
12. Pull out the pin in the direction of arrow (1) shown in the figure.
13. Move the remover tool in the direction of arrows (2) shown in the figure, pull the clip in the direction of arrow (3) with the tabs pressed, and remove the side air bag module securing belt from the front seat back frame.
14. Pull out the front seat back pad, and the front seat back trim and front seat back warmer wiring harness (with seat warmer system) toward the front of the front seat.
15. Lift up the front seat back trim and front seat back pad in the direction of the arrow as a single unit and remove it from the front seat back frame.
16. Remove the C-rings, and then remove the front seat back trim from the front seat back pad.
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Note
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• The position and number of C-rings differ depending on the type of seat.
17. Install in the reverse order of removal.(See Front Seat Back Trim Installation Note.)
Front Seat Back Trim Installation Note
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Caution
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• If a C-ring is damaged while removing or installing the front seat back trim and front seat back pad, it may not be possible to install the front seat back trim and front seat back pad normally. When removing or installing the front seat back trim and front seat back pad, be careful not to damage the C-rings.
• If a C-ring is damaged, replace it with a new one.
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Note
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• The position and number of C-rings differ depending on the type of seat.
• Wrinkling can be easily prevented by installing the C-rings with a certain amount of tightening.
1. Install the C-rings by aligning the C-ring installation holes of the front seat back trim and the front seat back pad.
2. Press the front seat back pad inward while pulling the front seat back trim outward.
With seat ventilation system
1. Disconnect the negative battery terminal and wait for 1 min or more. (Without power seat system) (See NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL DISCONNECTION/CONNECTION.)
2. Remove the front seat. (See FRONT SEAT REMOVAL/INSTALLATION.)
3. Remove the fasteners and set the front seat cushion trim away from the front seat cushion frame. (With power seat system/with position memory system)
4. Move the hook in the order of arrows (1) and (2) shown in the figure and set the front seat cushion trim away from the front seat cushion frame. (Without power seat system/without position memory system)
5. Disconnect the connectors shown in the figure.
6. Move hook A in the order of arrows (1) and (2) shown in the figure and detach it from hook B.
7. Unzip the zippers.
8. Pull out the pin in the direction of arrow (1) shown in the figure.
9. Move the remover tool in the direction of arrows (2) shown in the figure, pull the clip in the direction of arrow (3) with the tabs pressed, and remove the side air bag module securing belt from the front seat back frame.
10. Move the reverse cover in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure.
11. Pull out the wiring harnesses.
12. Pull out the front seat back pad, and the front seat back trim and front seat back warmer wiring harness (with seat warmer system) toward the front of the front seat.
13. Remove the hooks.
14. Move the hood in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure and remove it from the blower.
15. While pressing the tabs in the direction of arrows (1) shown in the figure, pull the pole guides in the direction of arrow (2) and remove the pole guides from the front seat back frame.
16. Lift up the front seat back trim and front seat back pad in the direction of the arrow as a single unit and remove it from the front seat back frame.
17. Install in the reverse order of removal.
