Removing and installing seat height adjustment motor: VW Touareg II

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Touareg II (7P, 2010–2018)

• Renewed: all self-locking bolts

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• Do not damage bushes (1) in bearings (2) when removing bolt.
• The bushes cannot be replaced using workshop equipment.If the bushes are damaged, the respective components must be renewed. — Swivel upper frame of seat pan (1) upwards as far as possible.
• Do not damage bush (1) when installing bolt.
• Ensure electrical connector is pushed fully onto stop and engages audibly.
• If airbag warning lamp K75 indicates a fault following installation, event memory must be read, deleted and read again .

📋 Procedure

1. ⚠ Follow safety regulations for pyrotechnic components .Before handling pyrotechnic components (e.g. separating the electrical connector), the person handling them must ensure that he/she is "“electrically discharged”". To do this e.g. briefly touch the door striker plate. — Remove front seat
2. Attach seat repair standVAS 6136 to engine and gearbox supportVAS 6095.
3. Secure front seat to seat repair standVAS 6136.
4. Remove trim on tunnel side .
5. Remove sill-side trim .

6. Disconnect electrical connector (1) on seat height adjustment motor (2).
7. Relieve tension on torsion rod .
8. ⚠ Damage to or destruction of threaded hole in seat pan.The load must be removed from the threaded connection of the adjuster spindle and seat pan when bolt is removed or fitted.Risk of damage to bush (3) in the bearing point (threaded connection of adjuster spindle and seat pan).The bush cannot be renewed using workshop equipment.If the bush is damaged, the respective component must be renewed. — Remove bolt (2) from adjuster spindle (1) of seat height adjustment motor.
9. Remove bolt (2) for adjuster spindle (1) of seat rake adjustment motor (factory-set).
10. Do not damage bushes (1) in bearings (2) when removing bolt.
11. ⚠ The bushes cannot be replaced using workshop equipment.If the bushes are damaged, the respective components must be renewed. — Swivel upper frame of seat pan (1) upwards as far as possible.
12. Support upper frame of seat pan on seat repair standVAS 6136(item 2) using a suitable wooden block (6).
13. Remove bolts (3) (Qty 2).
14. Remove bracket (5) with seat height adjustment motor (4) from seat pan.
15. Remove bolts (1).
16. Separate bracket (2) and motor for seat height adjustment (3).
17. ⚠ Follow safety regulations for pyrotechnic components .Before handling pyrotechnic components (e.g. connecting the electrical connector), the person handling them must ensure that he/she is "“electrically discharged”". To do this e.g. briefly touch the door striker plate. — Clean threads for self-locking bolts with, for example, a thread tap.
18. Renew all self-locking bolts.
19. Tighten adjuster spindle (1) of seat rake adjustment motor (factory set) with bolt (2).
20. Do not damage bush (1) when installing bolt.
21. ⚠ If tension is not relieved when unscrewing or screwing in the bolted connection for the seat pan adjuster rod, threaded holes may be damaged or destroyed. — Do not damage bush (3) when installing bolt (2). [Note: Ensure electrical connector is pushed fully onto stop and engages audibly.]
22. ⚠ Battery must be connected with ignition switched on. If pyrotechnic components (e.g. airbag, seat belt tensioners) are repaired incorrectly, undesired triggering may occur after the battery is connected. Ensure that nobody is in vehicle when connecting battery. — Reconnect battery ground cable with ignition switched on Electrical system27. [Note: If airbag warning lamp K75 indicates a fault following installation, event memory must be read, deleted and read again .]

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