Front Seat Pan Covers And Upholstery: Removing
Removing and installing the components is described for the left seat. Removing and installing the components from the right seat is identical.
- If the front seat cushion padding on the passenger side is replaced, replace the front passenger seat occupied sensor -G128- or the passenger occupant detection system.
-- Mount the fixture for seat repair VAS 6136 on the engine and transmission holder VAS 6095.
-- Remove the front seat. Refer to FRONT SEAT
-- Attach the seat to the fixture for seat repair VAS 6136.
-- Remove the front seat belt latch. Refer to FRONT SEAT BELT LATCHES
-- Remove the trim on the tunnel side. Refer to TUNNEL SIDE TRIM
-- Remove the drawer mount, if equipped. Refer to DRAWER MOUNT
Passenger Seat without Height Adjustment
-- Remove the backrest adjustment wheel. Refer to BACKREST ADJUSTING WHEEL
-- Remove the trim on the door sill side. Refer to DOOR SILL SIDE TRIM, PASSENGER SEAT WITHOUT HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT
Passenger Seat with Pass-Through
-- Remove the trim on the door sill side. Refer to DOOR SILL SIDE TRIM, PASSENGER SEAT WITH PASS-THROUGH
-- Remove the bracket, trim, door sill side. Refer to DOOR SILL SIDE TRIM BRACKET, PASSENGER SEAT WITH PASS-THROUGH
Front Seats with Manual Height Adjustment
-- Remove the backrest adjustment wheel. Refer to BACKREST ADJUSTING WHEEL
-- Remove the trim on the door sill side. Refer to DOOR SILL SIDE TRIM, FRONT SEATS WITH MANUAL HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT
-- Remove the bracket, trim, door sill side. Refer to DOOR SILL SIDE TRIM BRACKET, FRONT SEATS WITH MANUAL HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT
Power driver seat
-- Remove the trim on the door sill side. Refer to DOOR SILL SIDE TRIM, POWER DRIVER SEAT
-- Remove the bracket, trim, door sill side. Refer to DOOR SILL SIDE TRIM BRACKET, POWER DRIVER SEAT
-- Disconnect the two harness connectors for the backrest drives underneath the seat frame. Remove the harness connectors from the seat frame.
All seats
-- Cut the mesh hose cable tie and pull the harness connector belt lock through it.
On vehicles with a luggage pass-through, it is sufficient to fold the backrest forward, it does not have to be removed.
-- Remove the backrest. Refer to BACKREST
-- Remove the profile -1-, -2-, -3- and -4- from the mounts in the seat frame.
-- Remove the cover and the upholstery from the seat frame.
-- Roll cover upward on outer sides around circumference.
-- Using a small screwdriver, unclip profiles -1- for cover out of mounts -2- in upholstery.
The cover in the rear area of the seat is secured by upholstery clips; cut these with a diagonal cutter.
-- Remove all the clips from the cover on cushion.
-- Remove the cover -3- from cushion -4-.