Removing Front Seats
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Removing Front Seats
Anyone know how to remove the front seats on the RX330? Wife spilled an orange smoothie down the leather and on to the carpet on the inboard side. I'd like to remove or tilt both seats far enought to thoroughly clean.
Lead Lap
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Seat Removal
I changed out the subwoofer on my old RX. Its under the passenger seat. 4 bolts are all that hold the seat down.
Start by raising the seat both front and rear as high as it will go. Move the seat all the way forward, remove the plastic covers over the aft bolts, remove the 2 bolts. Move the seat all the way aft, remove the plastic covers and the 2 forward bolts.
I did this on my RX300. So it might be a good idea to disconnect the battery just as a precaution for the airbag. If your not going to disconnect the wiring. You should be ok.
If you plan on disconnecting the wiring. You might want to do a search on this web page. You might see some more information.
Start by raising the seat both front and rear as high as it will go. Move the seat all the way forward, remove the plastic covers over the aft bolts, remove the 2 bolts. Move the seat all the way aft, remove the plastic covers and the 2 forward bolts.
I did this on my RX300. So it might be a good idea to disconnect the battery just as a precaution for the airbag. If your not going to disconnect the wiring. You should be ok.
If you plan on disconnecting the wiring. You might want to do a search on this web page. You might see some more information.
Lead Lap
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: PA
I haven't done my RX yet but I usually remove the seats in my other cars about every 5-7 years just to clean the carpet, lube the seat tracks and general repair. You got good advice from KeysRx300 and his advice is exactly where I would start as sort of a generic "how to". Of course, you want to remove the battery cables to preclude any sort of electrical issues.
The other caution is one I learned the hard way. That is the plastic clips that usually cover the bolts. I find that many manufacturers don't want you looking at their bolts so they put the clips on. I broke the clips on one of my seats in my Acura so go slowly. I would take a strong flashlight and examine how the clip holds on to the seat rail. There is usually a small leg of some sort and you need to figure out how it was put on. A final trick is to warm the clip with a hair dryer to make it more pliable and forgiving.
Good luck and report back so that we know how things went.
The other caution is one I learned the hard way. That is the plastic clips that usually cover the bolts. I find that many manufacturers don't want you looking at their bolts so they put the clips on. I broke the clips on one of my seats in my Acura so go slowly. I would take a strong flashlight and examine how the clip holds on to the seat rail. There is usually a small leg of some sort and you need to figure out how it was put on. A final trick is to warm the clip with a hair dryer to make it more pliable and forgiving.
Good luck and report back so that we know how things went.
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