Driver Backrest Heating Element -Z7- /Front Passenger Backrest Heating Element -Z9-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
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The old seat heating element remains on the cushion and will be covered by the new heating element.
Procedure
- Cover and cushion separated. Refer to BACKREST COVER AND CUSHION, SEPARATING .
-- Cut the wire directly on the old heating element.
-- Align the new heating element -arrow- on the cushion (example image).
-- Peel the protective film off the heating element one after the other. Be careful not to damage the heating element.
-- Glue the heating element so that it aligns with the old heating element and is not wrinkled.
-- Route the connecting wires to the individual heating elements in the base of the gaps.
Further installation is performed in reverse order of the removal.