Removing and installing backrest cover and padding - fixed rear seat backrest — AUDI
Removing and installing backrest cover and padding - fixed rear seat backrest on Audi: 16 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A6/A7 C7 (4G, 2011–2018); platform code 4X
📋 Procedure
- Remove rear seat backrest .
- Remove centre armrest with bracket and hinges .
- Remove head restraint (rear) .
- Disengage piping (1) and (2) on side of outer backrest frame.
- Repeat procedure on opposite side of rear seat backrest.
- Prise off fastening strip (4) at top of outer backrest frame.
- Prise off fastening strip (3) at bottom of outer backrest frame.
- Disengage backrest cover at bottom of outer backrest frame (arrows).
- Disengage piping (2) for backrest cover in opening in backrest padding for centre armrest (rear) at outer backrest frame.
- Disengage piping (1) for backrest cover in opening in backrest padding for centre armrest (rear) from hooks of outer backrest frame.
- Disengage backrest cover from mountings (arrows) for centre armrest (rear).
- Remove head restraint guides (rear) .
- Detach backrest cover with padding from outer backrest frame.
- First engage fastening strip at bottom of outer backrest frame, and then pull backrest cover up so it is taut.
- Fold fastening strip (1) around inwards (arrow A) by 180°.
- Engage fastening strip in metal tabs (2) on outer backrest frame (arrows B).
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