Removing and installing backrest cover and padding - reclining seat — AUDI
Removing and installing backrest cover and padding - reclining seat on Audi: 15 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 A8 D4 (4H, 2010–2017)
📋 Procedure
- Remove head restraint guide .
- ⚠ Observe safety precautions when working on pyrotechnic components .Before handling pyrotechnic components (e.g. unplugging the electrical connector) the mechanic must discharge any static electricity. This can be done by briefly touching the door striker plate, or similar. — Remove reclining seat .
- Attach the reclining seat to the seat repair standVAS 6136.
- Remove backrest .
- Disengage the piping (1) and (2) for the backrest cover at the backrest frame.
- Unfasten the clip (2) for the backrest cover at the backrest frame with the removal lever80 - 200.
- Unclip the fastening strip (1) at the top of the backrest cover from the pressure distribution plate. To do so, use the removal lever80 - 200 to release the retainer tabs.
- Disengage the hook (1) and piping (2) of the backrest cover at the backrest frame.
- Unplug electrical connectors and move clear.
- Remove bolts (3).
- Unfasten bracket for wiring (4) for side airbag at backrest frame.
- Press side airbag (1) upwards (arrow) and disengage from backrest frame.
- Leave side airbag in pouch stitched into backrest cover (2).
- Take backrest cover and padding upwards off outer backrest frame, at the same time guiding out wiring harness for side airbag and backrest heating.
- Take side airbag out of pouch stitched into backrest cover.
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