Rear Seat Backrest Cover - 20 Percent, Second Row

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Mercury Mountaineer and 2005 Ford Explorer. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Remove the head restraint.
Remove the safety belt guide trim cover.
Pull out and up at the rear of the release handle bezel to release the rear retainer.

Fig 1: Removing Safety Belt Guide Trim Cover
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At the front of the seat, push the material down, release the retainer and remove the release handle bezel.

Fig 2: Removing Release Handle Bezel
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Remove the head restraint.
Release the lower seat backrest J-clip. Remove all the staples and separate the material.

CAUTION: Use care when separating the seat upholstery from the hook and loop strip, or the hook and loop trim can be torn from the seat backrest foam pad.

Separate the hook and loop fasteners and invert the trim cover to the top of the backrest.

NOTE: The inboard and outboard head restraint sleeves are not interchangeable.

NOTE: The head restraint sleeves incorporate an alignment tab that must face forward when installed.

Fig 3: Identifying Tip Of Head Restraint Sleeves

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Squeeze together the tip of the head restraint sleeve and pull the sleeve out of the frame tube.
Remove the backrest trim cover.
To install, reverse the removal procedure.