51 44... Removing and installing front roofliner trim

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Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove ceiling light (front) . See 63 31 000 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING COMPLETE CEILING LIGHT (FRONT) .

Unclip trim (1) in direction of arrow.

Disconnect associated plug connection and remove trim (1).

Fig 1: Removing Trim

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IMPORTANT: Disconnecting the plug connection for the hands-free microphone or emergency SOS call button results in fault memory entries in the telephone control unit (limitation in the emergency SOS call system).
After fitting, read out fault memory and if necessary delete entries.