Removing and installing backrest cover and padding - rear seat backrest with cover for rear seat backrest bracket / storage compartment — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi A4 B8 (8K, 2007–2015)

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• Make sure button (2) moves freely after fitting trim (1).

📋 Procedure

1. Remove seat bench .
2. Remove rear seat backrest .
3. Remove head restraint .
4. Remove centre armrest .
5. Remove centre belt guide (rear) .

6. Remove storage compartment (cover for backrest bracket with lid) or cover for backrest bracket with trim for backrest bracket:
7. Remove trim for locking mechanism .
8. Remove head restraint guides .
9. Unclip plugs (2).
10. Prise fastening strip (top) (1) off backrest pan (3).
11. Prise piping (2) at side and bottom off backrest pan.
12. Prise piping (2) out of lugs (arrow) on backrest pan (1).
13. Prise cover over inner bearing.
14. Prise cover over outer bearing.
15. Thread Bowden cable with connector point through slit in cover.
16. Detach cover with padding from backrest pan.
17. Detach upper and lower padding from backrest pan.
18. Install head restraint guide with button (left-side).
19. Make sure button (2) moves freely after fitting trim (1).

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