84 31 541 Removing and installing/replacing hands-free microphone on steering column

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Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove UPPER STEERING COLUMN TRIM

Unlock hands-free microphone (1) and holder (2) and remove in direction of arrow.

Feed cable (3) out of upper steering column trim (4).

Remove hands-free microphone (1).

Installation:

Make sure cable (3) is laid without kinks.

Fig 1: Feeding Cable Out Of Upper Steering Column 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.