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Fixed Backrest, Removing and Installing



Fixed Backrest, Removing and Installing

CAUTION: Observe safety precautions for work on airbags.

Removing







- Remove rear seat bench: Vehicles through 10.04, vehicles from 11.04.
- Remove headrests.
- For vehicles with skisack, remove skisack frame.

- Remove headrest guides:
- Headrest guides with slide in locking mechanism
- Outer headrest guides without slide in locking mechanism
- Inner headrest guides without slide in locking mechanism

- On vehicles with side airbag, disconnect electrical harness connector.
- On vehicles with heated backrest, disconnect electrical harness connectors.
- Remove rear backrest - 2 - in - direction of arrow A - out of mountings - 4 -.
- Remove rear backrest in - direction of arrow B - from chassis cut-out.
- Remove rear backrest from vehicle.

Installing

Installation is reverse of removal. Observe the following when doing so:

CAUTION: Mountings must be replaced after each removal of rear backrest.







Side airbag wiring connector, disconnecting

- Press catch - 2 - and disconnect cable connector - 1 - in - direction of arrow -.







Replacing mountings

- Remove used mounting from chassis cut-out.
- Install new mounting - 1 - in chassis cut-out - 2 - until it audibly engages.