Removing and installing side airbag (front) with airbag igniter - multi-contour seat — AUDI
Removing and installing side airbag (front) with airbag igniter - multi-contour seat on Audi: 10 steps.
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
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ Observe safety regulations for pyrotechnic components .Observe additional safety regulations for side airbags .Observe disposal regulations for pyrotechnic components . — Remove front seat .
- Attach front seat to seat repair standVAS 6136.
- Remove backrest cover panel .
- Remove backrest .
- Detach padding from backrest in area of side airbag until side airbag is accessible .
- In area of side airbag, carefully pull backrest cover forwards as far as possible.
- Remove bolt (5).
- Disengage side airbag (2) with hook (4) from outer backrest frame (arrow).
- Disengage and detach side airbag from padding protection (3), at the same time guiding out wiring harness (1) of side airbag.
- Backrest cover with stitched-in pouch: Remove side airbag downwards from pouch stitched into backrest cover.
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