Interior - Seat Lumbar Support Inoperative
04-017March 19, 2004
Applies To:
2003 Accord - See VEHICLES AFFECTED
Lumbar Support Does Not Work
SYMPTOM
The driver's lumbar support does work.
PROBABLE CAUSE
The lumbar support basket is broken.
VEHICLES AFFECTED
CORRECTIVE ACTION
Replace the lumbar support basket.
PARTS INFORMATION
REQUIRED MATERIALS
WARRANTY CLAIM INFORMATION
In warranty: The normal warranty applies.
Operation Number: 859142
Flat Rate Time: 0.4 hour
Failed Part: P/N 81526-SDB-A73
H/C 7424930
Defect Code: 00301
Symptom Code: 03220
Template ID: 04-017A
Skill Level: Repair Technician
Out of warranty:
Any repair performed after warranty expiration may be eligible for goodwill consideration by the District Parts and Service Manager or your Zone Office. You must request consideration, and get a decision, before starting work.
DIAGNOSIS
While sitting in the driver's seat, adjust the lumbar support. If the support does not move, go to REPAIR PROCEDURE.
REPAIR PROCEDURE
1. With your fingers, pull out the center of the seat-back panel to release the center clips.
2. Flex the panel in the center to release the top hooks. The bottom portion of the panel is still held in by two clips.
3. Remove the panel by breaking the lower clips with a long, flat-tip screwdriver and a mallet:
^ Hold the screwdriver on the clip between the panel and the seat frame.
^ Using a mallet, firmly hit the screwdriver until the clip breaks. Do not damage the panel alignment pins that extend through the seat frame.
^ Break the other clip the same way.
^ Remove the broken clip parts from the panel and the seat frame.
4. Adjust the lumbar-support lever to its minimum setting (the lever points up).
5. Pull down and flex the top of the basket assembly, then release the hanger wire from the top of the basket and the yoke bar.
6. Disconnect the Z-shaped, cable-end fitting from the yoke bar.
7. Lower the center hook until its short end clears the flange, then remove the center hook from the basket.
8. Remove the cable from the top of the basket.
9. Lift the basket as high as possible. Using a pair of pliers, remove the top slide wire from the right side of the basket. Release the left side by hand.
10. Using a flat-tip screwdriver, pop the lower cross wires from the basket.
11. Lower the basket to clear the slide wire. Then tilt the top of the basket away from the seat, and remove the basket.
12. Slide the new basket between the seat foam and the slide and cross wires.
13. Using a pair of pliers, attach the basket to the top slide wire.
14. Install the two lower cross wires into the center slots at the bottom of the basket.
15. Install the outer ends of the wires in the corresponding slots in the basket (two slots on each side).
16. Apply Super High Temp Urea Grease to the short end of the center hook where it contacts the metal support on the basket flange, then install the hook with its small end on the left side of the flange. If the yoke is not connected to the center hook, reconnect it.
17. Install the cable into the basket, then route the cable behind the slide wire and the cross wire.
18. Connect the Z cable end to the left side of the yoke bar.
19. Install the small hook of the hanger wire into the yoke bar with the hook pointing toward the rear of the vehicle.
20. Route the top of the hanger wire behind the slide wire and the cross wire. Pull down and flex the top of the basket. Install the top of the hanger wire through the slot in the top of the basket, then move the wire to the right until the small end of the hanger hook is seated into the hole.
21. Sit in the driver's seat, and check the lumbar support by cycling the adjustment from minimum to maximum several times.
22. Make sure all the linkage components are properly positioned, then install two new seat-back panel clips, and install the panel.
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