Seat Position Sensor, Removing And Installing

Special tools and workshop equipment required 

• Gauge - Gap Adjustment: 3371  or
• Gauge - Eos Roof: VAS6448 

The seat position sensor is available as a replacement part with the wiring harness and connector. The following wires with connectors are incorporated in the wiring harness:

• Driver Seat Position Sensor -G553- : wire with connector for seat belt latch coupling.
• Front Passenger Seat Position Sensor -G554- : wire with connector for seat belt latch coupling, passenger occupant detection sensor and passenger occupant detection system control module (market-specific).

Removing 

-- Disconnect the modular wiring routing. Refer to MODULAR WIRING ROUTING, DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING .

-- Open the corrugated tube, remove the wire for the Driver Seat Position Sensor -G553- / Front Passenger Seat Position Sensor -G554- with the connector and free up.

-- Remove the cable ties or cable clips for the wire on the seat pan lower frame.

-- Remove the bolt -2-, unclip the seat position sensor -1- from the seat pan lower frame -3- and disengage it -arrow-.

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Driver Seat: 

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-- Free up the connector -3- for the seat belt latch and disconnect.

-- Remove the seat position sensor -1- with the wires -2-.

Front Passenger Seat: 

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-- Free up the connector -1- for the seat belt latch and disconnect.

-- Disconnect the connector -3- on the Front Passenger Occupant Detection Sensor -G128-.

-- Remove the seat position sensor -4- with the wires -2-.

Installing and Adjusting 

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Standard/Sport Seat/Super Sport Seat: 

-- Hook the bracket -2- into the upper seat rail and clip it in.

-- Slide the seat position sensor -4- on the bracket and position at a distance -a- = 4.0 mm to the lower seat rail -1-.

-- To do this, position the : 3371  / : VAS6448  / 4 mm between the seat position sensor and the lower seat rail and tighten the screw -3-.

Further installation is the reverse order of removal.