Emergency Seat Operation: Removal
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2001 Saab 9-3. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
NOTE:
Tools required: Protective Collar (75-19-531 - Type 10).
- Raise the seat to its highest position.
- Remove the seat side panel. See Fig 1
.NOTE: Electrically adjustable seat: The front bolt has a protector on its tip. Retain this protector as it must be fitted to the bolt to prevent it from chafing against electrical wiring.
- Remove the bevel gear, which drives the seat lengthwise, 2 Torx 30 screws. See Fig 2 . Hold the shaft protruding from the other side of the seat frame and pull out the gear.
- Dismantle the bevel gear, 2 or 3 Torx 20 screws. See Fig 3 .
- Press in the lock clip for the plastic bush and pull out the shaft. Wipe off grease from the dismantled shaft.
- Install Protective Collar on the gear wheel and secure it with a suitable hose clip. See Fig 4 .
- Press a screwdriver, the largest possible, into the other end of the hose so that the screwdriver blade reaches the end of the shaft. Secure it with a hose clip as far from the screwdriver handle as possible.
- Install the protective collar on the shaft and turn the screwdriver to operate the seat and access the retaining bolts.NOTE: It is possible to move the seat by pressing forwards and backwards against the seat.
- Remove the seat. See REMOVAL under FRONT SEAT.