Removing and installing seat cushion extension motor: Audi A8 D3
Step-by-step removing and installing seat cushion extension motor for the Audi A8 D3: 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: Audi A8 D3 (4E, 2002–2010)
📋 Procedure
- Remove the seat .
- Attach the holder for seat repairVAS 6136 to the engine and gearbox holderVAS 6095.
- Attach the front seat to the holder for seat repairVAS 6136.
- Remove the side trim on the sill panel side .
- Remove the side trim on the tunnel side .
- Remove the front trim .
- Remove the holder for the seat side trim panels .
- Remove the backrest .
- Remove the seat pan cover and padding .
- Remove the belt buckle .
- Unfasten the wiring harness and unplug the connectors from the seat pan and the seat cushion extension motor.
- Drill out the rivets (1) (4x).
- Replace the seat pan with seat cushion extension motor (3).
- Install in reverse order.
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