Removal Procedure
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Chevrolet Corvette. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Remove the seat. Refer to Seat Replacement (Power) or Seat Replacement (Manual) .
- Remove the buckle side of the seat belt from the seat frame.
- Remove the recliner handle.
- With a suitable blunt ended tool inserted between the seat cushion and the handle push the handle retaining spring clip down.
- Pull the handle from the shaft.
- Remove the side trim panel (Power Seat). Refer to Trim Panel Replacement - Front Seat .
- Remove the hog rings from the rear flap of the seat cushion cover.
- Raise the flap.
- Unfasten the draw string.
- Remove the hogrings attaching the rear corners of the seat cushion cover.
- Remove the cover and foam pad.
- Remove the seat module from the seat wires (Base Power Seat).
- Remove the lumbar pump and module and pull them up through the seat frame and lay them aside still attached to the seat back (Sport Seat).
- Remove the memory module from the seat wires (Optional Sport Seat).
- Mark the seat back actuators to identify the right side from the left side.
- Note the routing of the recliner mechanism cables.
- Position the seat back full up to remove the tension from the actuator springs.
- Remove the forward pins from the seat back actuators.
- Remove the hinge bolts.
- Remove the seat back.
- Reposition the actuators underneath the seat frame springs.
- Remove the seat cushion frame from the seat adjuster.
- Remove the recliner mechanism from the seat cushion frame.
- Remove the wire assembly from the seat cushion frame (if replacing or transferring the wire assembly).
- Insert a screwdriver between the tension spring coils and pull toward the wires unhook the tension spring from the wire assembly.
- Unhook the wire assembly from the front of the seat cushion frame.