Removal and Installation
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.
- Separate the hook and loop fasteners and invert the trim cover as high as it will go.
- Squeeze together the tip of the head restraint sleeve and pull the sleeve out of the frame tube.
- Remove the seat backrest trim cover.
- To install, reverse the removal procedure.
CAUTION:
Use care when separating the seat upholstery from the hook and loop strip, or the hook and loop strip can be torn from the seat backrest foam pad.
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.