Removing and installing front seat cushion cover and padding — AUDI
Removing and installing front seat cushion cover and padding on Audi: 13 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: platform codes S1, 2H
- Renewed: if necessary
📋 Procedure
- Remove front seat .
- Remove belt buckle
- Remove seat trims .
- Removing mounting for drawer, if fitted .
- Remove backrest .
- Unclip clamping bar (2) from seat frame (3).
- If fitted, unclip connector of seat heating from retainer under seat.
- Fold up front of cover until padding wire (6) is visible.
- Squeeze clips (5) and remove cover (1) from padding (4).
- Remove cover (4) from seat frame (3). [Note: Before installing, check all fasteners for damage and renew if necessary.Always replace clips (5) with clips of the typeN 015 261.1.Attach clips (5) using padding clip pliersV.A.G 1634.To aid installation, heat up cover (1) to approx. 30°C.]
- Place padding (4) on seat frame (3).
- Fasten cover (1) to padding (4) all round it with new upholstery clips (5) at positions indicated (6), using padding clip pliersV.A.G 1634.
- Hook clamping bar (2) into seat frame (3).
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