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Seat Backrest Front: Disassembly

Seat Backrest - Trim Parts 

GFD85903Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Item Part Number Description
1 610A62 Head restraint cover
2 610A60 Head restraint
3 64416 Backrest trim cover
4 14D696 Backrest heater mat (if equipped)
5 64810 Backrest foam pad
6 610A16 Head restraint guide sleeve, master
7 610A18 Head restraint guide sleeve, slave
8 61018 Backrest frame
9 62186 Recliner cover
10 W506841 Screw
11 W710752 Scrivet
12 W706676 Pin-type retainers (2 required)

Seat Backrest - Frame Parts With Manual Lumbar and Static Lumbar 

GFD85764Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Item Part Number Description
1 610E38 Deployment chute
2 611D10 Side airbag module
3 61018 Backrest frame
4 W790133 Clips (if equipped) (2 required)
5 W520111 Side airbag module-to-backrest frame nuts (2 required)
6 64842 Static lumbar (if equipped)
7 65500 Manual lumbar adjust assembly (if equipped)

Seat Backrest - Frame Parts With Power Lumbar 

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Item Part Number Description
1 19N550 Backrest Thermo-Electric Device(TED) (if equipped)
2 61019 Backrest frame
3 W520111 Side airbag module-to-backrest frame nuts (2 required)
4 611D11 Side airbag module
5 610E38 Deployment chute
6 613A68 Short recliner shaft (if equipped)
7 613A68 Long recliner shaft (if equipped)
8 W701242 Power recliner motor bolt (if equipped)
9 61479 Recliner shaft E-clip (if equipped)
10 14547 Power recliner motor (if equipped)
11 65501 Power lumbar adjust assembly (if equipped)
12 65500 Power lumbar with massage (if equipped)

Seat Cushion - With Active Motion® 

NOTE: Refer to Seat Backrest - Front  for recliner-to-seat track bolt tightening sequence and torque specification.
GFD85766Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Item Part Number Description
1 - Backrest assembly
2 W707385 Recliner-to-seat track bolts (4 required)
3 61711 Seat track
4 61203 Safety belt buckle
5 W712978 Safety belt buckle bolt
6 62901 Cushion cover
7 632A23 Cushion foam pad
8 603A99 Seat cushion with Active Motion® massage (if equipped)
9 W706676 Pin-type retainers (if equipped) (2 required)

Seat Cushion - Without Active Motion® 

NOTE: Refer to Seat Backrest - Front  in this article for recliner-to-seat track bolt tightening sequence and torque specification.
GFD85767Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Item Part Number Description
1 62900 Cushion cover
2 14D696 Cushion heater mat (if equipped)
3 632A22 Cushion foam pad
4 W706676 Pin-type retainers (part of 603B16) (2 required)
5 603B16 OEM Occupant Classification System(OCS) bladder (passenger seat only)
6 61202 Safety belt buckle
7 W712978 Safety belt buckle bolt
8 W707385 Recliner-to-seat track bolts (4 required)
9 61710 Seat track
10 - Backrest assembly
WARNING: Always carry a live airbag with the deployment door, trim cover or tear seam pointed away from the body. Do not place a live airbag down with the deployment door, trim cover or tear seam facing down. Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious personal injury in the event of an accidental deployment.
WARNING: Front seat backrest trim covers installed on seats equipped with seat side airbags cannot be repaired. A new trim cover must be installed. Cleaning is permissible. Failure to follow these instructions may result in the seat side airbag deploying incorrectly and increase the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.
NOTE: If a side airbag deployment took place, a new seat backrest foam pad, backrest trim cover, deployment chute and side airbag module and nuts must be installed. The seat backrest frame should be replaced if necessary.

  1. 1.

    Remove the seat backrest. Refer to Seat Backrest - Front .

  1. 2.

    Remove the 2 head restraint guides sleeves. Refer to Head Restraint Guide Sleeve - Front .

  1. 3.

    NOTE: Note wire harness and hose routing for installation.

    Detach the backrest cover lower J-clips and route the wire harness(es), manual lumbar cable (if equipped) and air hoses (if equipped) out of the hole(s) in the backrest cover.

GFD85791Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY

  1. 4.

    On each side, separate the backrest cover clip and hook-and-loop strips.
GFD85792Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY

  1. 5.

    NOTE: Use care when separating the backrest cover from the hook-and-loop strip, or the hook-and-loop strip can be torn from the backrest foam pad.

    Separate the hook-and-loop strips, invert the backrest cover up and remove the 3 first row hog rings.

GFD85795Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY

  1. 6.

    Separate the hook-and-loop strips, invert the backrest cover up and remove the 3 second row hog rings.
GFD85796Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY

  1. 7.

    From the rear of the backrest, detach the backrest cover J-clip attached to the backrest frame wire.
GFD85797Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY

  1. 8.

    Invert the backrest cover up, separate the hook-and-loop strips and remove the backrest cover.

  1. 9.

    If equipped, detach the backrest Thermo-Electric Device(TED) from the backrest foam pad wire.
GFD85824Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY

  1. 10.

    If equipped, disconnect the backrest heater mat electrical connector and separate the pin-type retainer.

  1. 11.

    Remove 2 pin-type retainers and the backrest frame assembly from the backrest foam pad.
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  1. 12.

    If equipped, remove the backrest TED.

    1. 1.

      Disconnect the electrical connector and separate the pin-type retainer.

    1. 2.

      Detach the TED from the backrest frame wire.

    1. 3.

      Remove the TED from between the power lumbar and cable.
GFD85904Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY

  1. 13.

    Separate the side airbag module wire harness retainers from the backrest frame.
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  1. 14.

    Remove the nuts and the side airbag module with wire harness.

  1. 15.

    If necessary, remove the side airbag module from the deployment chute.

  1. 16.

    If equipped, remove the power lumbar.
    • Disconnect the motor and detach the retaining clips.
GFD85807Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY

  1. 17.

    If equipped, remove the manual lumbar.
    • Detach the cable and manual lumbar retainers.
GFD85906Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY

  1. 18.

    If equipped, remove the static lumbar in the following sequence.

    1. 1.

      Squeeze the retainers together at the bottom and separate from the backrest frame.

    1. 2.

      Remove and discard the clips at the top.

  1. 19.

    If equipped with multi-contour seat, disconnect the module.

    1. 1.

      Disconnect the electrical connector from the module.

    1. 2.

      Disconnect the hoses from the module.
GFD85818Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY

  1. 20.

    Remove the Multi-Contour Seat Module.

    1. 1.

      Release the module from the retaining fastener.

    1. 2.

      Lift and release the module hooks attaching from the lumbar assembly.
GFD85819Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY

  1. 21.

    If equipped, rotate the assembly up, detach the upper retainers and remove the power lumbar with massage.
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Seats with power recliner 

  1. 22.

    NOTE: Do not rotate the inboard and outboard recliners separately from each other. Doing so will cause the recliners to become out of synchronization.

    Remove the E-clip on the recliner shaft and the recliner motor bolt.

GFD85825Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY

  1. 23.

    Remove the power recliner motor.

    1. 1.

      Slide the recliner shaft assembly out of the recliner and remove the short recliner shaft.

    1. 2.

      Slide the long recliner shaft out of the recliner motor.

    1. 3.

      Disconnect and remove the power recliner motor.
GFD85826Courtesy of FORD MOTOR COMPANY

All seats 

  1. 24.

    NOTE: Note wire harness routing for installation.

    If equipped, remove the backrest wire harness.

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