51 47 315 Removing and installing/replacing front carpet for passenger compartment

Necessary preliminary work: 

• Remove HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT
• Remove both front seats. See REMOVING AND INSTALLING FRONT SEAT, DRIVER'S SIDE and REMOVING AND INSTALLING FRONT SEAT, FRONT PASSENGER SIDE .
• Remove COMPLETE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MODULE

Remove front floor trim panel (1) towards rear/top and if necessary feed out cable.

Fig 1: Identifying Front Floor Trim Panel

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Installation note: 

Apertures (1) serve as fixing points when fitting the front floor trim panel (2).

Fig 2: Identifying Apertures And Front Floor Trim Panel

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