Mountaineer RWD V6-4.0L (2008)
Third Row Seat Cushion (Part 2)
Removal and Installation
All seats
1. Fold the backrest not being serviced down.
2. Remove 2 bolts and the hinge cover on the backrest being serviced.
3. Remove 2 bolts and the latch cover on the backrest being serviced.
4. Release the backrest trim cover lower J-clip on the backrest being serviced.
5. CAUTION: Use care when separating the seat back trim cover from the hook-and-loop strip, or the hook-and-loop strip can be torn
from the backrest foam pad.
Release the backrest trim cover side J-clips, hook-and-loop strips and invert the trim cover to expose the 2 hinge-to-backrest frame bolts and the 2
latch-to-backrest frame bolts on the backrest being serviced.
Manual fold seats
6. Separate the cable casing from the latch and remove the cable from the latch lever on the backrest being serviced.
All seats
7. Remove the 2 hinge-to-backrest frame bolts and the 2 latch-to-backrest frame bolts and remove the backrest.
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To install, tighten to 25 Nm (18 lb-ft).
8. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
