Removing and installing lumbar support longitudinal adjustment motor — AUDI
Removing and installing lumbar support longitudinal adjustment motor on Audi: 11 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 code 42
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- If the airbag warning lamp K75 indicates a fault following installation, you must interrogate, erase and then re-interrogate the event memory .
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ Observe safety regulations for 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 backrest cover panel .
- Remove cover with padding .
- For safety reasons remove side airbag (1).
- Unplug electrical connector (4).
- Disengage Bowden cable (3) at retaining plate (2).
- Unfasten cable tie (1).
- Disengage Bowden cable from bracket (4).
- Drill out rivets (2).
- Take out lumbar support longitudinal adjustment motor (3).
- ⚠ Observe safety regulations for pyrotechnic components .Before handling pyrotechnic components (e.g. plugging in the electrical connector) the mechanic must discharge any static electricity. This can be done by briefly touching the door striker plate, or similar.Make sure electrical connectors are fitted correctly (as far as stop) and engage audibly. — Switch on ignition.
- ⚠ The battery must be connected with the ignition switched on. If pyrotechnic components (e.g. airbag or belt tensioner) are inexpertly repaired, this may result in unwanted triggering after connecting the battery. There must not be anyone in the vehicle while you are connecting the battery. — With ignition switched on, connect battery earth wire Electrical system27. [Note: If the airbag warning lamp K75 indicates a fault following installation, you must interrogate, erase and then re-interrogate the event memory .]
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