Rear Seat Backrest, Removing And Installing: Removing

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-- Turn off the ignition.

-- Remove the rear seats. Refer to REAR SEATS, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the seat benches. Refer to BENCH SEATS, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the rear seat out trim. Refer to REAR SEAT OUTER TRIM, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the rear seat inner trim. Refer to REAR SEAT INNER TRIM, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the rear center belt end fitting. Refer to REAR CENTER BELT ANCHOR, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- In vehicles equipped with backrest heating, disconnect the backrest heating harness connector.

-- Remove the shaft -1- by opening the tab -2- pushing the shaft on the other side with a screwdriver -arrow-.

Fig 1: Removal And Installation Shaft -1-

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-- Remove the rear seat backrest bolts -1, 2 and 3- on the outside of the rear seat (36 Nm ).

Fig 2: Seat Backrest Bolts -1, 2, 3-

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-- Remove the bolt on the inside of the rear seat -4- (50 Nm ) and remove the rear center belt latch -2-.

Fig 3: Seat Backrest Bolts -1, 2, 3, 4-

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-- Remove the rear seat backrest bolts -1 and 3- (36 Nm ).

-- Detach the lower release cable on the seat frame and remove the rear seat backrest.