Removing and installing rear side airbag: Audi A8 D3

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi A8 D3 (4E, 2002–2010)

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• If the airbag warning lamp K75 indicates a fault following installation, the event recorder must be interrogated, erased and interrogated again .

📋 Procedure

1. ⚠ Heed the safety regulations for pyrotechnic components .Heed the disposal regulations for pyrotechnic components . — With the ignition switched on, disconnect the battery earth wire Electrical system27.
2. Remove the rear seat bench .
3. Remove the rear seat backrest .
4. Use a screwdriver to prise out the side fastening strips (3).
5. Use a screwdriver to prise out the lower fastening strip (9).

6. Pull the lower cover (8) over the bracket (7).
7. Fold over the cover in the area of the side airbag (2).
8. Unfasten the zip (1) at the protective cover for the side airbag (4).
9. Unfasten the catch at the connector for the side airbag (5) and unplug the connector.
10. Fold over the cover and padding in the area of the side airbag (2) so as to provide access to the back of the side airbag.
11. Unscrew the nuts (6) (2x).
12. Take out the side airbag (2).
13. Install the side airbag (2) in the reverse order of removal.
14. Close the zip (1) at the protective cover for the side airbag (4) using the fastening toolVAS 6138 or fastening toolVAS 6273 (different zips fitted).
15. ⚠ There must not be anyone in the vehicle when connecting the battery. — With the ignition switched on, connect the battery earth wire Electrical system27. [Note: If the airbag warning lamp K75 indicates a fault following installation, the event recorder must be interrogated, erased and interrogated again .]

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