CAUTION / NOTICE / HINT
CAUTION:
Wear protective gloves. Sharp areas on the parts may injure your hands.
If the front seat side airbag was deployed, replace the front seat airbag assembly, seatback felt, separate type front seatback spring assembly, separate type front seatback cover and separate type front seatback pad with the necessary parts in accordance with the extent of the collision damage.
Tech Tips
Use the same procedure for RHD and LHD vehicles.
The procedures listed below are for LHD vehicles.
Use the same procedure for the RH and LH sides.
The procedure listed below is for the LH side.
PROCEDURE
PRECAUTION
Note
After turning the engine switch off, waiting time may be required before disconnecting the cable from the negative (-) battery terminal. Therefore, make sure to read the disconnecting the cable from the negative (-) battery terminal notice before proceeding with work.
DISCONNECT CABLE FROM NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL
CAUTION:
Wait at least 90 seconds after disconnecting the cable from the negative (-) battery terminal to disable the SRS system.
Note
When disconnecting the cable, some systems need to be initialized after the cable is reconnected.
REMOVE FRONT SEAT ASSEMBLY LH
REMOVE RECLINING ADJUSTER RELEASE HANDLE LH
REMOVE VERTICAL ADJUSTING HANDLE LH
REMOVE FRONT SEAT CUSHION SHIELD LH
REMOVE FRONT SEAT INNER CUSHION SHIELD LH
REMOVE FRONT SEAT HEADREST SUPPORT
REMOVE SEPARATE TYPE FRONT SEATBACK COVER WITH PAD
REMOVE SEATBACK FELT
REMOVE FRONT SEAT AIRBAG ASSEMBLY LH
for Driver Side:
Detach the 4 wire harness clamps.
Detach the claw and disconnect the airbag connector.
for Front Passenger Side:
Detach the 4 wire harness clamps.
Detach the claw and disconnect the airbag connector.
Detach the fastener and 2 wire harness clamps.
Remove the 2 nuts and front seat airbag assembly LH.
CAUTION:
The nuts must not be reused.
When storing the front seat airbag assembly LH, keep the airbag deployment side facing upward.
Make sure that the front seatback frame sub-assembly is not deformed. If it is, replace it with a new one.