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Front Seat Backrest - Bucket and 40 Percent: Disassembly

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WARNING: The safety belt pretensioner is a pyrotechnic device. Always wear safety glasses when repairing an air bag equipped vehicle and when handling a safety belt buckle pretensioner or safety belt retractor pretensioner. Never probe a pretensioner electrical connector. Doing so could result in pretensioner or air bag deployment and could result in personal injury.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury, do not use any memory saver devices.
NOTE: If a seat equipped with a seat mounted side air bag and/or a safety belt pretensioner (if equipped) system is being serviced, the supplemental restraint system (SRS) must be depowered  .
NOTE: The air bag warning lamp illuminates when the RCM fuse is removed and the ignition switch is ON. This is normal operation and does not indicate a supplemental restraint system (SRS) fault.
NOTE: The SRS must be fully operational and free of faults before releasing the vehicle to the customer.
NOTE: Driver seat is shown, passenger seat is similar.

    ALL SEATS 

  1. Depower the SRS. For additional information, refer to DISABLING & ACTIVATING AIR BAG SYSTEM .
  2. Remove the affected seat. For additional information, refer to FRONT SEAT .
  3. Remove the affected seat backrest. For additional information, refer to FRONT SEAT BACKREST - BUCKET AND 40 PERCENT .
  4. Release the backrest J-clip.
    Fig 1: Releasing Backrest J-Clip
    G03277632Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
    5. CAUTION: Use care when separating the seat back trim cover from the hook and loop strips or the hook and loop strips may be torn from the seat back foam.
    Fig 2: Removing Hog Rings
    G03277633Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  5. Release the hook and loop strips and invert the backrest cover and remove all the hog rings.
  6. Remove the backrest trim cover and the backrest foam pad.

    7. SEATS WITH MANUAL LUMBAR 

  7. Remove the lumbar support assembly.
    1. Remove and discard the tie strap.
    2. Flex the lumbar support.
    3. Unhook the lumbar support adjusting cable.
    4. Unhook and remove the lumbar support adjusting cable.
    5. Detach the lumbar support from the guide wires. Remove the lumbar support.
      Fig 3: Removing Lumbar Support Assembly
      G03277634Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
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