Power
SEAT TRACK - POWERSpecial 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.
Inboard and outboard seat tracks
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. Remove the spring.
Driver seat
5. CAUTION: Make sure to remove all metal chips from seat position sensor and surrounding areas after drilling out rivet.
Remove the seat position sensor.
1 Disconnect the seat position sensor electrical connector.
2 Drill out rivet.
3 Remove the seat position sensor.
Inboard seat track
6. Pull to remove the inboard forward/reverse motor drive cable from inboard seat track.
7. Disconnect the safety belt buckle pretensioner and usage detection electrical connectors.
8. Remove the safety belt buckle pretensioner.
1 Remove the nut.
2 Remove the safety belt buckle pretensioner.
9. Remove the four inboard seat track nuts.
10. Remove the rear inboard seat track and bracket.
1 Remove the bolt.
2 Remove the seat track and bracket.
- Remove the two remaining nuts (not shown) that hold the bracket to seat track.
Outboard seat track
11. Pull to remove the outboard forward/reverse motor drive cable from outboard seat track.
Vehicles with 6-way power seat
12. Disconnect the 6-way power seat switch electrical connector.
13. Remove recliner handle cover.
14. Remove the recliner handle screw and remove handle.
15. CAUTION: Use care when removing the lumbar knob. Using both hands, pull with even pressure on both sides of the knob to remove.
Remove the lumbar knob.
16. Remove the screw from side shield under the lumbar knob.
17. CAUTION: Use care not to scratch the side shield when removing the power seat knob.
Pry the power seat knob off.
18. Access and remove the front side shield screw.
19. Pull to release the retainer clip on the rear of side shield.
20. Remove the side shield from the seat.
Vehicles with 8-way power seat
21. Pry to remove the two power seat knobs and remove the knobs.
22. Access and remove the front side shield screw.
23. Pull out from the bottom and rear side of side shield to release the three retainer clips.
24. Disconnect the power lumbar switch and 8-way power seat switch electrical connectors and remove the side shield.
Outboard seat track
25. Remove the outboard seat track.
1 Remove the nuts.
2 Remove the seat track.
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.
Outboard seat track
1. Install the outboard seat track.
1 Install the seat track.
2 Install the nuts.
Vehicles with 8-way power seat
2. Install side shield and connect the 8-way power seat and power lumbar switch electrical connectors.
3. Push to install the three side shield retainers onto the seat frame.
4. Access and install the front side shield screw.
5. Install the two power seat knobs.
Vehicles with 6-way power seat
6. Install the 6-way power seat switch on the side shield and install the two screws.
7. Install the side shield on the seat
8. Push to install the rear side shield retainer onto the seat frame.
9. Access and install the front side shield screw.
10. Install the 6-way power seat knob.
11. Install the screw on the side shield.
12. Align and install the lumbar knob.
13. Install recliner handle and install the screw.
14. Install the recliner handle cover.
15. Connect the 6-way power seat switch electrical connector.
Outboard seat track
16. Install the outboard forward/reverse motor drive cable to outboard seat track.
Inboard seat track
17. Install the bracket to the seat track and install the two nuts.
18. Install the rear inboard seat track and bracket.
1 Install the seat track and bracket.
2 Install the bolt.
19. Install the four inboard seat track nuts.
20. Install the safety belt buckle pretensioner.
1 Install the safety belt buckle pretensioner.
2 Install the nut.
21. Connect the safety belt buckle pretensioner and usage detection electrical connectors.
22. Install the inboard forward/reverse motor drive cable to seat track.
Driver seat
23. CAUTION: Make sure to remove all metal chips from seat position sensor and surrounding areas.
Install the seat position sensor.
1 Install the seat position sensor.
2 Install the rivet.
3 Connect the seat position sensor electrical connector.
Inboard and outboard seat tracks
24. Install the spring.
25. 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.
26. 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).
27. 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).