Removing and installing seat heating element Z6/Z8: Audi A6/A7 C7
Step-by-step removing and installing seat heating element Z6/Z8 for the Audi A6/A7 C7: 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: Audi A6/A7 C7 (4G, 2011–2018); platform code 4X
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- Old heating elements remain on padding; new heating elements are bonded over old elements.
- Old heating elements (D) remain on padding (2); new heating elements are bonded over old elements.
- Old heating elements remain on padding (1) and (4); new heating elements are bonded over old elements.
📋 Procedure
- Separate seat cover and padding .
- Cut off electrical wire (2) directly at old heating element (1). [Note: Old heating elements remain on padding; new heating elements are bonded over old elements.]
- Equipment version with seat occupied sensor (front passenger side): Carefully disconnect seat occupied sensor (3) from heating element (1).
- Carefully release heating elements (A), (B) and (C) from adhesive bond and detach.
- Cut through connecting webs (arrows) and detach heating elements. [Note: Old heating elements (D) remain on padding (2); new heating elements are bonded over old elements.]
- Cut off electrical wire (3) directly at old heating element (2). [Note: Old heating elements remain on padding (1) and (4); new heating elements are bonded over old elements.]
- Align new heating elements on seat padding.
- Peel protective film off heating elements one after the other, taking care not to damage heating elements.
- Bond heating elements exactly onto old heating elements without any creases in the sequence (B, C, D, A).
- Route connection wires to individual heating elements in bottom of openings.
- Align new heating elements on seat padding.
- Peel protective film off heating elements one after the other, taking care not to damage heating elements.
- Bond on heating elements in the sequence (A ... D) without any creases.
- Route connection wires to individual heating elements in bottom of openings.
- Align new heating elements on seat padding.
- Peel protective film off heating elements one after the other, taking care not to damage heating elements.
- Bond heating elements exactly onto old heating elements without any creases.
- Route connection wires to individual heating elements in bottom of openings.
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