Front Seat: Assembly

CAUTION:

Do not confuse the harness routing of the side airbag harness and the seat belt inner - front harness, etc. Assembling with harnesses improperly routed may cause the harness to get caught and short out.
If the flat mat hook of the frame assembly - front backrest is deformed or comes off due to the deformation, replace the hook with a new part.

Fig 1: Locating Front Backrest Frame Assembly Flat Mat Hook
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Make sure that the side airbag module is installed as shown in the figure.

Fig 2: Identifying Side Airbag Module Components
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Besides, if the cover COMPL - front backrest is not installed securely, the side airbag may not be activated properly, therefore keep strictly to the following procedures.

Be careful not to stain or damage the cover COMPL - front backrest during assembly.
Do not reuse hog rings.
Secure the hog ring using hog ring pliers.
Install the hog rings to the specified points securely and make sure that there is no wrinkle or twisting on the cover COMPL - front backrest.

Make sure that there is no foreign matter on side airbag module.
Assemble the seat cover.
1. Adjust so that the left and right clearances between wire and seat pad become equal, and mark the seat pad.
  
  Fig 3: Identifying Wire And Seat Pad Clearances Mark
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2. Mark the center of the wire on the pad side to which the hog ring is attached.
  
  Fig 4: Identifying Mark On Center Wire
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3. Insert the wire into the seat cover, and align the wire with the position marked in step 1).
  
  Fig 5: Identifying Alignment Position On Wire And Seat Cover
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4. Mark the wire on the seat cover side according to the markings on the seat pad.
  
  Fig 6: Marking Wire On Seat Cover Side
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5. Perform steps 1) - 4) to all sections to which the hog rings are attached.
6. Make sure that all hog rings (A) are attached securely.
7. Make sure that the hog ring (B) (10-WAY model) is attached securely.
  
  Fig 7: Identifying Hog Ring
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Assemble remaining parts in the reverse order of disassemble.
NOTE:
- When installing the seat belt inner - front, follow the procedures described in the seat belt section. < Ref. to INSTALLATION , Front Seat Belt. >
- Install the backrest assembly and seat cushion assembly in the following procedure.
  1. Temporarily tighten the four reclining hinge bolts.
  2. Place the backrest in the most upright position.
  3. Tighten the reclining hinge bolts in order from (1) to (4) two or three times, until they reach the specified torque.
Fig 8: Identifying Vehicle Inside And Vehicle Outside
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Tightening torque:

Refer to "COMPONENT" of "General Description". < Ref. to FRONT SEAT , COMPONENT, General Description. >
If any wrinkles are found after the assembly of the seat cover, finish the seat cover with iron.
1. Place the wet towel on wrinkles.
  
  Fig 9: Identifying Wet Towel On Wrinkles
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2. Touch up with warm iron.
  CAUTION: Keep moving the iron, otherwise the seat cover surface can be damaged.
  
  NOTE: This method is available for genuine leather, synthetic leather, cloth, etc.
  
  Fig 10: Moving Iron On Seat Cover Surface
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Install the seat assembly.
CAUTION:
- The seat mounting bolts differ between the front mounting points and the rear mounting points. Make sure that you are using correct bolts at correct positions.
- Tighten the slide rail installing bolts in the order as shown in the figure, in several steps by gradually increasing the torque until they reach the specified torque.
  
  Fig 11: Identifying Washer Diameter
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- Front (bolt A): Washer diameter 22 mm (0.87 in)
- Rear (bolt B): Washer diameter 26 mm (1.02 in)
Tightening torque: 53 N.m (5.40 kgf-m, 39.1 ft-lb)