Removing and installing individual seat frame — AUDI
Removing and installing individual seat frame on Audi: 14 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: VW Transporter T5 (7H), VW Transporter T5 (7J), VW Transporter T6 (7E), VW Transporter T6 (7F)
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- The second vehicle battery shown in the illustration must be removed.
- Additionally, unscrew 2 nuts for securing battery plate.
📋 Procedure
- Remove front seat .
- Disconnect 2nd vehicle battery Electrical system27Disconnecting and reconnecting battery.
- Remove 2nd vehicle battery Electrical system27Removing and installing battery. [Note: The second vehicle battery shown in the illustration must be removed.]
- Unscrew the two bolts (1) for coupling station bracket.
- Unscrew the 2 bolts (2) for relay carrier.
- Unscrew the two securing bolts for relay carrier bracket (3). [Note: The second vehicle battery shown in the illustration must be removed.]
- Using a small screwdriver, release handbrake lever upper trim (1)(arrow) while simultaneously pulling trim off forwards.
- Unclip handbrake lever lower trim (2) upwards.
- Remove handbrake lever lower trim (2) forwards.
- Release connector for handbrake lever contact switch(1)(arrow A) and pull connector off (arrow B).
- Unscrew the two nuts (2).
- Pull handbrake lever off console upwards.
- Unscrew the four securing nuts (1). [Note: Additionally, unscrew 2 nuts for securing battery plate.]
- Remove seat frame from vehicle.
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The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
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