Removal and Installation
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Mercury Montego, 2005 Ford Freestyle, and 2005 Ford Five Hundred. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Release the backrest trim cover lower J-strip, open the trim cover and release the inner J-clips.
- Roll the backrest trim cover up, remove the 4 backrest latch-to-backrest frame bolts and remove the backrest frame.
- To install, tighten to 50 Nm (37 lb-ft).
- To install, reverse the removal procedure.