Removing and installing seat adjustment control element — AUDI
Removing and installing seat adjustment control element on Audi: 18 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)
- Renewed: as necessary
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- Mark installation dimensions of end stops (3).
- Before installing, check all securing elements for damage and renew as necessary.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition.
- Disconnect vehicle battery Electrical system27Disconnecting and reconnecting battery.
- Remove rotating seat with seat frame on both sides .
- Remove floor covering (if present) from vehicle.
- Remove trim on upper left and upper right sides of front bench seat .
- Remove trim on lower left and lower right sides of front bench seat .
- Remove lower trim of rear bench seat .
- Separate front connectors (2) at coupling points (1).
- Unscrew bolt (2) on seat frame (1) and separate earth connection. [Note: Mark installation dimensions of end stops (3).]
- Unscrew bolts (2) of end stops (3) in left and right seat rails (1).
- Unclip end caps (1) for seat assembly opening upwards out of seat rails.
- Move left and right end stops (1) towards seat assembly opening (2) and remove upwards in (direction of arrow).
- Push bench seat forwards until seat adjustment control element is accessible.
- Unscrew bolts (1) and (2)
- Remove seat adjustment control element from bench seat.
- Disconnect cable ties from wiring harnesses (arrows).
- Detach connector (2) from seat adjustment control unit.
- Detach connector (3) from seat adjustment control element (1). [Note: Before installing, check all securing elements for damage and renew as necessary.]
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