Seat
Disassembly
In this manual: Seat
33steps
~198min
4/5difficulty
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Hint:
- Use the same procedures for the rh side and lh side.
- The procedures listed below are for the lh side.
- Remove no. 1 Rear seat reclining cover lh

- Remove the 2 screws.
- Using a screwdriver, detach the 5 claws and remove the cover.
Tape the screwdriver tip before use.
- remove no. 2 rear seat reclining cover lh

- Remove the 2 screws
- Using a screwdriver, detach the 5 claws and clip, and remove the cover.
Tape the screwdriver tip before use.
- Remove rear no. 2 Seat cushion assembly

- Using a clip remover, remove the 2 clips of the seat cushion back side. Then open the seat cushion cover.
- Disconnect the seat lock control cable on the back side from the seat cushion as shown in the illustration.

- Disconnect the seat lock control cable on the rh side from the seatback as shown in the illustration.
- Remove the 4 bolts and seat cushion.
- Remove rear no. 2 Seat inner belt assembly lh (see page se-110)

- Remove rear no. 2 Seat cushion cover lh

- Using a clip remover, remove the 2 clips.
- Using a screwdriver, detach the 5 hooks.
Tape the screwdriver tip before use.

- Using a screwdriver, detach the hooks and remove the seat cushion cover (with pad) from the seat cushion spring.

- Remove the 5 hog rings and seat cushion cover from the seat cushion pad.
- Remove seat lock control cable assembly

- Using a screwdriver, detach the 2 clamps of the cable tie.
- Cut the 4 cable ties.
- Remove the 5 cables from the seat cushion spring.
- Remove rear seat cushion wire subassembly

- Remove the nut and wire.
- Remove rear no. 2 Seat headrest assembly
- Remove rear seatback lock control bezel

- Remove the 4 seatback lock hooks.

- Remove the 2 screws.
- Detach the 2 claws and remove the bezel.
- Remove rear seatback board carpet assembly lh

- Using a clip remover, detach the 9 clips and remove the seatback board carpet.
Be careful not to damage the seatback board carpet.
- Remove rear no. 2 Seatback cover

- Remove the 19 hog rings.

- Detach the 4 claws and remove the 2 headrest supports.
- Remove the seatback cover (with pad) from the seatback frame.

- Remove the 3 hog rings and seatback cover from the seatback pad.
- Remove rear seat reclining inner cover lh
- Using a screwdriver, detach the 2 claws and remove the inner cover.

Hint:
Tape the screwdriver tip before use
- Remove rear seat reclining inner cover rh
Use the same procedures described for the lh side.
- Remove seatback lock control cable assembly

- Remove the cable from the seatback frame as shown in the illustration.
- Remove reclining lock release band
- Remove the nut and band.
- Remove seat lock release band
- Remove the nut and band.
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