Front Thorax Airbag With Igniter, Removing And Installing: Removing

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2023 Audi SQ8, 2023 Audi RS Q8, and 2023 Audi Q8. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

-- Pay attention to the safety precautions when working with pyrotechnic components. Refer to SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .

CAUTION:

Risk of airbag deployment.

Risk of injury.

- Check if the airbag indicator lamp turns on or blinks.

- If the airbag indicator lamp turns on or blinks, the DTC memory must be read.

- If >>short circuit to positive<< is a DTC memory entry, disconnect the battery. Refer to BATTERY, DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING .

- If there is a DTC memory entry, the Guided Fault Finding instructions on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester must always be followed.

- If the airbag indicator lamp does not turn on or blink, or there is no DTC memory entry with >>short circuit to positive<< : switch off the ignition, keep the ignition key outside of the vehicle and wait 10 seconds.

-- Remove the backrest cover. Refer to BACKREST COVER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

TIP:

Remove the cushion on the backrest in the area of the thorax airbag (side sill side) just until the thorax airbag is accessible.

-- Normal/sport seat: disengage the cover and cushion on the backrest and free it up. Refer to BACKREST COVER AND CUSHION, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Comfort seat: disengage the rubber tabs -2- in the thorax airbag area (side sill side) and on the backrest frame.

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-- Push the cushion on the backrest side sill side in the area of the thorax airbag to the side.

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CAUTION:

Pyrotechnical components can deploy unintentionally.

Risk of injury.

- Discharge the static electricity: quickly touch the door striker.

-- Release the connector lock -3- with a small flat-head screwdriver in direction of -arrow-.

-- Disconnect the connector -2- from the thorax airbag igniter.

-- Carefully pull the cover and cushion near the thorax airbag as far forward as possible.

-- Remove the bolt -1-.

-- Disengage the thorax airbag -4- with the hooks -5- from the backrest frame.

-- Remove the thorax airbag downward from the pocket sewn into the cover.

CAUTION:

Risk of airbag deployment.

There is a risk of injury.

- Store the airbag with the cushion facing upward.