Removing and installing lumbar support height adjustment motors - old version — AUDI
Removing and installing lumbar support height adjustment motors - old version 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: Audi A6 C6 (4F, 2004–2011)
📋 Procedure
- Remove seat .
- Attach seat repair standVAS 6136 to engine and gearbox supportVAS 6095.
- Attach front seat to seat repair standVAS 6136.
- Remove backrest cover panel .
- Remove side airbag .
- Unplug connector (10).
- Drill out rivets (8) (2x) on outside.
- Disengage Bowden cable (3) from retaining plate (7) at hook (6).
- Thread Bowden cable (3) out of support (5).
- Unplug connector (10).
- Drill out rivets (8) (2x) on outside.
- Disengage Bowden cable (11) from four-way lumbar support (4) at hook (2).
- Disengage Bowden cable (11) from retainer (1).
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