Removal Procedure
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Remove the front seat head restraint. Refer to Head Restraint Replacement - Front Seat .
- Remove the manual lumbar handle and the trim ring, if equipped.
- Position the seat full forward and the seat back full up.
- Remove the nut that secures the seal belt to the seat stud. Refer to SEAT BELT RETRACTOR REPLACEMENT -- LEFT FRONT (4 DOOR) or SEAT BELT RETRACTOR REPLACEMENT -- LEFT FRONT (2 DOOR) and to SEAT BELT RETRACTOR REPLACEMENT -- RIGHT FRONT (4 DOOR) or SEAT BELT RETRACTOR REPLACEMENT -- RIGHT FRONT (2 DOOR) .
- Unfasten the J-hook retainers at the bottom of the seat.
- Pull out the seat back cover end flaps.
- Position the seat back full down.
- Reach inside of the seat back cover and unfasten the hook and loop retainers that secure the front seat back cover to the pad.
- Position the seat back to the vertical position.
- If equipped with heated seats, pull up the trim cover one third.
- Disconnect the seat heater wire connector, light green, from under the seat cushion.
- Pull the wire through the back foam pad.
- Pull up the trim cover two thirds.
- Remove the seat back cardboard panel.
- Remove the front seat restraint retainer. Refer to Head Restraint Retainer Replacement - Front Seat .
- Remove the cover from the seat back by pulling the cover up and over the pad.