Seat Backrest Thermo-Electric Device

SEAT BACKREST THERMO-ELECTRIC DEVICE

Special Tool(s):

SPECIAL TOOL(S)

REMOVAL

WARNING: The safety belt pretensioner is a pyrotechnic device. Always wear safety glasses when repairing an air bag equipped vehicle and when handling a safety belt buckle pretensioner or safety belt retractor pretensioner. Never probe pretensioner electrical connectors. Doing so could result in pretensioner or air bag deployment and could result in personal injury.

1. WARNING: To avoid accidental deployment and possible personal injury, the backup power supply must be depleted before repairing or replacing any front or side air bag supplemental restraint system (SRS) components and before servicing, replacing, adjusting or striking components near the front or side air bag sensors, such as doors, instrument panel, console, door latches, strikers, seats and hood latches.

The front impact severity sensor is located at the bottom of the hood latch support bracket.

The first row side impact sensors (if equipped) are located in the first row doors, behind the door trim panel.

The second row side impact sensors (if equipped) are located at or near the base of the C-pillars.

To deplete the backup power supply energy, disconnect the battery ground cable and wait at least one minute. Be sure to disconnect auxiliary batteries and power supplies (if equipped).

Disconnect the battery ground cable and wait at least one minute.

2. WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal injury, read and follow all warnings, cautions, notes, and instructions in the supplemental restraint system (SRS) deactivation/reactivation procedure.

Deactivate the supplemental restraint system (SRS).

3. WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal injury, read and follow all warnings, cautions, notes and instructions in the front seat removal and installation procedure.

Remove the 40 percent seat.







4. Disconnect the seat backrest thermo-electric device (TED) electrical connector at the seat cushion frame.







5. Remove lower seat backrest cover.







6. Remove the two screws from support rod.







7. Release the one hook-and-loop strip and the one J-clip.







8. Depress tab and remove the head restraint.







9. NOTE: The head restraint sleeve pins are not interchangeable. Note location for installation.

Reach up into the seat backrest and squeeze the head restraint sleeve ends together to release the sleeves and pull the head restraint sleeves out.

10. CAUTION: Use care when separating the seat backrest trim cover from the hook-and-loop strip, or the hook-and-loop strip can be torn from the seat backrest foam.

Invert the seat backrest trim cover and remove.







11. CAUTION: Use care when removing the seat backrest foam pad from the frame. The foam pad has hook and loop fasteners holding the TED to the seat backrest foam pad.

Remove the seat backrest foam pad from the TED and remove the seat backrest foam pad.







12. Route the seat backrest TED wire harness back through the seat cushion and trim cover.







13. Remove the seat backrest TED.
1 Remove the seat backrest TED wire harness pin-type retainers.
2 Cut the zip-ties and separate the ducts from the seat backrest TED.
3 Remove the seat backrest TED.

INSTALLATION

WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal injury, read and follow all warnings, cautions, and notes at the beginning of the removal procedure.







1. Install the seat backrest TED.
1 Install the seat backrest TED.
2 Install the seat backrest TED to the ducts and install the zip-ties.
3 Attach the pin-type retainer for the seat backrest TED wire harness.







2. Route the seat backrest TED wire harness through the seat cushion and trim cover.







3. Install the seat backrest foam pad and attach the seat backrest TED to the foam pad.
4. Install the seat backrest trim cover and attach the hook and loop fasteners.

5. NOTE: The head restraint sleeve pins are not interchangeable.

Install the head restraint sleeves.







6. Install the head restraint.







7. Connect the one hook-and-loop strip and the one J-clip.







8. Install the two screws in support rod.







9. Install the lower backrest cover.







10. Connect the seat backrest TED electrical connector.

11. WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal injury, read and follow all warnings, cautions, notes and instructions in the front seat removal and installation procedure.

Install the 40 percent seat.

12. WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal injury, read and follow all warnings, cautions, notes and instructions in the supplemental restraint system (SRS) deactivation/reactivation procedure.

Reactivate the supplemental restraint system (SRS).

13. WARNING: The restraint system diagnostic tool is for restraint system service only. Remove from the vehicle prior to road use. Failure to remove could result in injury and possible violation of vehicle safety standards.

With all the restraint system diagnostic tools removed, prove out the supplemental restraint system (SRS).