Seat Position Sensor, Removing And Installing

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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:

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

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

Front Passenger Seat:

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

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-- 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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-- 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-.

NOTE:

Check the seat position sensor with the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester.

Further installation is the reverse order of removal.