Removing and installing four-way lumbar support (version 2) — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi A3 (8P, 2003–2012)

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• Make sure four-way lumbar support is connected to frame for four-way lumbar support with locking element (3) or a suitable pin.

📋 Procedure

1. Remove backrest cover panel .
2. Use screwdriver to prise out fastening strips.
3. Place foil between padding and backrest frame as protection against metal particles.
4. Drill out rivet (1).
5. Disengage frame for four-way lumbar support (5) at springs (top left and right) (arrows).

6. Unplug electrical connectors (2) and (6) at motors for lumbar support adjustment.
7. Unfasten Velcro strip between four-way lumbar support (3) and backrest padding (4).
8. Take out four-way lumbar support.
9. Place plastic foil (1) over Velcro strips (2) of four-way lumbar support. Secure plastic foil in position at four-way lumbar support.
10. Make sure four-way lumbar support is connected to frame for four-way lumbar support with locking element (3) or a suitable pin.
11. Place frame for four-way lumbar support behind backrest frame and engage frame for four-way lumbar support at top (left and right) in mounting for backrest frame.
12. Rivet four-way lumbar support frame to backrest frame (bottom).
13. Before setting rivet (4), insert plastic washer (1) between four-way lumbar support (2) and backrest frame (3).
14. Pull out plastic foil between backrest padding and four-way lumbar support.
15. Fasten Velcro strip of four-way lumbar support to backrest padding by pressing in.
16. Plug in electrical connectors at lumbar support adjustment motors.

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