Front Seat Up-Down Motor Replacement

Front Seat Up-down Motor Replacement

Front Up-down Motor - 8-Way Power Seat

SRS components are located in this area. Review the SRS component locations Locations and the precautions and procedures Service and Repair before doing repairs or service.

NOTE:

- Put on gloves to protect your hands.

- Take care not to tear the seam or damage the seat covers.

1. Remove the front seat. Front Seat Removal/Installation

2. Remove the seat cushion cover/pad. Front Seat Cushion Cover Replacement

3. Remove the front up-down motor (A) and the front up-down motor bracket (B) as an assembly:
-1 Disconnect the motor connector (C).
-2 Using a TORX T30 bit, remove the motor bracket mounting bolts (D).
-3 Using a TORX T40 bit, remove the motor bracket mounting bolt (E).






4. Detach the motor connector (A). Using a TORX T30 bit, remove the bolts, then remove the front up-down motor (B) from the front up-down motor bracket (C).






5. Install the motor in the reverse order of removal, and note these items:
- Apply multipurpose grease to the pivot portions of the up-down adjuster and the motor pinion.

- When installing the front up-down motor (A), adjust the gear (B) to the motor pinion (C) by slightly rotating the brake (D) with a 8 mm hexagonal wrench.

- Make sure the motor connector is plugged in properly.

- Check the front seat up-down operation.





Rear Up-down Motor - 8-Way Power Seat

SRS components are located in this area. Review the SRS component locations Locations and the precautions and procedures Service and Repair before doing repairs or service.

NOTE:

- Put on gloves to protect your hands.

- Take care not to tear the seam or damage the seat covers.

Removal

1. Remove the front seat. Front Seat Removal/Installation

2. Remove these items:
- Seat-back cover/pad Front Seat-back Cover Replacement

- Seat cushion cover/pad Front Seat Cushion Cover Replacement

3. Remove the rear brake (A) and the rear brake bracket (B) as an assembly.
-1 Using a TORX T30 bit, remove the brake bracket mounting bolts (C).
-2 Using a TORX T40 bit, remove the brake bracket mounting bolt (D).
-3 Pull the brake bracket back to remove the gear (E) from the brake gear axle.






4. Remove the gear (A).

5. Manually lower the seat frame down fully to access the rear bolt securing the rear up-down motor.






6. Disconnect and detach the motor connector (A). Using a TORX T30 bit, remove the bolts, then remove the rear up-down motor (B).

7. Apply multipurpose grease to the pivot portions of the up-down adjuster.






Installation

8. Using a TORX T30 bit, remove the bolts, then remove the rear brake (A) from the rear brake bracket (B).

9. Apply multipurpose grease to the motor pinion.






10. Install the rear up-down motor (A). Using a TORX T30 bit, fasten the bolts. Connect the motor connector (B) and fasten the connector clip (C) to the seat frame. Make sure the connector is plugged in properly.

11. Manually raise the seat frame fully upward.






12. Install the gear (A) with its chamfered side faced the seat frame.






13. Install the rear brake bracket (A) without the rear brake to the seat frame. Using TORX T40 and T30 bits, lightly fasten all of the mounting bolts (B, C)

14. Carefully position the seat frame on its rear up-down motor side down.






15. Align the pinion (A) on the rear brake (B).
-1 Engage the gear (C) with the motor pinion by hand, and center it.
-2 Check the positions of the sector gear (D) and the cross-shaped hole (E) in the gear.
-3 Using a 8 mm hexagonal wrench, align the pinion on the rear brake with the sector gear, and align the fingers (F) around the axle with the cross-shaped hole in the gear.






16. While holding the gear (A) perpendicular to the axle of the rear brake (B) by hand, install the rear brake on to the rear brake bracket (C).
NOTE:

- If you feel any interference between inside gears, remove the rear brake, and repeat step 15.

- If the rear brake seats fully on the rear brake bracket with no interference, go to step 17.





17. Install the rear brake mounting bolts (A), and using a TORX T30 bit, tighten them to their specified torque. Using TORX T40 and T30 bits, install the rear brake bracket mounting bolts (B, C) and tighten them to their specified torque.

18. Reinstall all of removed parts to the seat frame:
- Seat-back cover/pad Front Seat-back Cover Replacement

- Seat cushion cover/pad Front Seat Cushion Cover Replacement

19. Reinstall the front seat. Front Seat Removal/Installation

20. Check the front seat up-down operation.