Popping Noise Coming From the Front Seat Back Frame. Saturn Saturn 1995

For 1990-2009 cars

# Popping Noise Coming From the Front Seat Back Frame

Subject: | Popping Noise Coming From the Front Seat Back Frame (Cut Hog Ring Listing Wire in the Seat Back Foam to Avoid Contact with the Seat Back Frame

Models: | 1995 SL, SL1 SW1 up to and including VIN SZ190793

### Condition:

A popping sound may be heard from the seat back frame while sitting in the front driver or passenger seats, while the vehicle is parked or being driven.

### Cause:

Hog ring listing wire inside the seat foam contacts the seat back frame sides

### Correction:

Partially remove the front seat back cover and cut the hog ring listing wire in the seat back foam.

### Procedure:

1. Place the front seat back in the full forward position and disengage the double j-strip at the bottom of the front seat back cover.
2. Place the front seat back in the upright position. Pull the bottom of the front seat back cover up to expose the hog rings in the foam pad. Cut and remove the hog rings.

Important: Seat back listing wire may be partially covered by the seat back foam pad.

3. Pull the front seat back cover to expose upper seat listing wire. The upper seat foam listing wire is the paper covered wire at the top of the front seat back.
4. Check the distance between the end of the upper seat foam listing wire to the steel seat back frame at both inboard and outboard sides of the seat back. If the distance is less than 15 mm (0.60 in), cut the upper seat foam listing wire to allow for a 15 mm (0.60 in) gap between the end of the upper seat foam listing wire and the seat frame.
5. Pull the front seat back cover halfway down onto the front seat back. Using new hog rings, attach the front seat back cover vertical listing wires to the lower seat foam listing wires. The lower seat foam listing wires are the paper covered lower seat foam listing wires that hog rings were removed from in step 2.
6. Pull the front seat back cover fully into place. Check fro and remove any wrinkles. Engage the j-strip at the bottom of the seat back.

CLAIM INFORMATION | To receive credit for this repair, submit a claim through the Saturn Dealer System as follows:
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-- | Case Type | Description | Labor Operation Code | Time
-- | VW | Cut Listing Wire -- Passenger Seat | T9682 | 0.40 hrs
-- | VW | Cut Listing Wire -- Drivers Seat | T9683 | 0.40 hrs