Backrest heating element (glued in), removing and installing

Removing: 

• Remove seat: Vehicles until 10.04 → Front power seats with memory, removing and installing , vehicles from 11.04 → Front power seats with memory, removing and installing .
• Remove backrest: Vehicles until 10.04 → Front backrest, removing and installing , vehicles from 11.04 → Front backrest, removing and installing .
• Remove cover and padding from backrest → Cover and cushion for backrest, removing and installing (sport seat, standard seat) .

Fig 1: Identifying Heating Element, Electrical Wire & Gap

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• Cut wire - 3  - off of old heating element - 1  -.

Installing: 

• Align heating element - 1  - on backrest surface, remove protective foil and glue heating element to cushion.
• Insert electrical wire - 3  - into gap - 4  -.
• Lay wire connections without crossing into bottom of openings at positions - 2  -.