Removal and Installation

WARNING: Never disassemble or tamper with safety belt buckle/retractor pretensioners, adaptive load limiting retractors, safety belt inflators, or probe the electrical connectors. Failure to follow this instruction may result in the accidental deployment of the safety belt pretensioners, adaptive load limiting retractors, or safety belt inflators, which increases the risk of serious personal injury or death.

WARNING: Never probe the electrical connectors on air bag, Safety Canopy® or side air curtain modules. Failure to follow this instruction may result in the accidental deployment of these modules, which increases the risk of serious personal injury or death.

NOTE: For component identification and locations, refer to Seat - Exploded View, Front .

All seats

NOTE: Do not pull from the inboard side of the front seat cushion panel shield to avoid damaging it.

Remove the front seat cushion panel shield.
- Release the upper retaining clips working from the outboard side and then release the lower retaining clips.
Driver seat side shield with insert
Release the retainers and remove the insert from the side shield.
- Disconnect the electrical connectors.
Fig 1: Locating Side Shield Retainers And Electrical Connector
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Driver seat side shield with cover
Remove the front side shield screw.

Fig 2: Locating Front Side Shield Screw
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Remove the side shield cover.

Fig 3: Removing Side Shield Cover
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All seats
Release the clips and remove the memory SET switch.
To install, reverse the removal procedure.