Seats: Service and Repair
FRONT SEAT REMOVAL STEPS
1. Cover
2. Head restraint
3. Upper reclining cover
4. Lower reclining cover
5. Cushion shield
6. Reclining adjuster
7. Seal back
8. Seat cushion
9. Seat side adjuster
REAR SEAT REMOVAL STEPS
10. Cover
11. Rear seat cushion
12. Rear seat back
13. Striker
SERVICE POINTS OF REMOVAL
Removal Of Cover
1. Disconnect the seat-belt indication light connector located beneath the front seat on the driver's side.
2. While pushing open the end of the front and rear seat anchor covers to the outside, pull out the covers.
11. Removal Of Rear Seat Cushion
1. Remove the mounting bolts at the front of the seat cushion.
2. Lift up the seat cushion, and then pull out the rear seat belts (backbone side) through the hole in the cushion.
3. Remove the seat cushion.
12. Removal Of Rear Seatback
1. Fold down the seatbacks, and then remove the carpet cover screws which fasten both the trunk room floor mat and the lower part of the seatbacks.
2. Raise the seatbacks and then lock them so that they do not fold down.
3. Remove the seatback mounting bolts in the order indicated in the illustration.
4. Release the left and right seatback locks. and then remove both seatbacks simultaneously.
SERVICE POINTS OF INSTALLATION
12. Installation Of Rear Seatback
1. When assembling and installing the left and right seatbacks, the right-hand bracket should be on the bottom (the left-hand bracket should be on the top).
2. Tighten the left and right brackets together.
3. If there are two different size holes in the seatback mounting brackets, use the smaller hole.
4. Temporarily tighten each mounting bolt, confirm that both seatbacks fold up and down properly and that the locks function correctly, and then tighten the bolts securely.
9. Installation Of Seat Adjuster
Install the seat adjuster in the position farthest back (because of the positioning bolts on the body) from the front. At this time, first temporarily tighten the mounting nuts and bolts, confirm that the lock of the adjuster functions correctly and the adjuster operates back and forth correctly, and then tighten the nuts and bolts securely.