GM Service Manual Online
For 1990-2009 cars only

Removal Procedure

  1. Remove the seat from the vehicle. Refer to Driver and Passenger Seat Replacement .
  2. Remove the seat back insert. Refer to Driver Seat Back Insert Cover Pad Replacement or to Passenger Seat Back Insert Cover Pad Replacement .
  3. Remove the seat speaker grilles. Refer to Driver Seat Head Restraint Speaker Grille Replacement .
  4. Remove the seat speakers. Refer to Driver Seat Head Restraint Speaker Replacement or to Passenger Seat Head Restraint Speaker Replacement .
  5. Remove the J-hooks that secure the seat back cover to the bottom of the seat back.
  6. Remove the fir tree retainers that secure the seat back cover to the seat back frame.

  7. Object Number: 1288449  Size: SH
  8. Remove the seat back trim cover from the seat, starting at the lower inboard side of the seat back and working the cover up and over the foam.
  9. Remove the seat back cover.

Installation Procedure


    Object Number: 1288449  Size: SH
  1. Install the seat back cover.
  2. Install the seat back trim cover over the seat back working the cover down and over the foam.
  3. Install the fir tree retainers that secure the seat back cover to the seat back frame.
  4. Install the J-hooks that secure the seat back cover to the bottom of the seat back.
  5. Install the seat speakers. Refer to Driver Seat Head Restraint Speaker Replacement or to Passenger Seat Head Restraint Speaker Replacement .
  6. Install the seat speaker grilles. Refer to Driver Seat Head Restraint Speaker Grille Replacement .
  7. Install the seat back insert. Refer to Driver Seat Back Insert Cover Pad Replacement or to Passenger Seat Back Insert Cover Pad Replacement .
  8. Install the seat to the vehicle. Refer to Driver and Passenger Seat Replacement .