Front Seat Backrest Cover

FRONT SEAT BACKREST COVER

Removal and Installation

WARNING:
- Always wear safety glasses when repairing an air bag supplemental restraint system (SRS) vehicle and when handling an air bag module. This will reduce the risk of injury in the event of an accidental deployment.
- After deployment, the air bag surface can contain deposits of sodium hydroxide, a product of the gas generant combustion that is irritating to the skin. Wash your hands with soap and water afterwards.
- Never probe the connectors on the air bag module. Doing so can result in air bag deployment, which can result in personal injury.
- Side air bag modules with damaged covers must be replaced.
- Front backrest trim covers installed on seats equipped with side air bags cannot be repaired, they are to be replaced (cleaning is permissible).
- To reduce the risk of personal injury, do not use any memory saver devices.

NOTE:
- If a seat equipped with a supplemental restraint system (SRS) component is being serviced, the SRS must be depowered.
- 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.
- The SRS must be fully operational and free of faults before releasing the vehicle to the customer.
- If a side air bag deployment took place, a new backrest foam pad, trim cover and side air bag module must be installed. The backrest frame should be replaced if necessary.

1. Remove the front seat and depower the SRS.
2. Remove the head restraint.
3. Remove the 2 safety belt guide screw covers.
4. Remove the 2 screws and the safety belt guide cover.







5. Release the backrest trim cover J-clip. Invert the backrest trim cover to the hog rings.







6. Remove and discard the hog rings.

1 CAUTION: Use care when separating the seat back trim cover from the hook and loop strip, or the hook and loop strip could be torn from the seat back foam.

Reach a hand under the trim cover and separate the hook and loop strips.

2 Peel up the seat back trim cover in an inside-out fashion to the row of hog rings.
3 Remove all the hog rings.







7. NOTE:
- The inboard and outboard head restraint sleeves are not interchangeable.
- The head restraint sleeves incorporate an alignment tab that must face forward when installed.

Squeeze together the tip of the head restraint sleeve and pull the sleeve out of the backrest frame tube.

8. Remove the backrest trim cover.
9. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
10. Install the front seat and repower the SRS.