Front Seat: Installing

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Fig 1: Identifying Bolts

-- Lift seat through the front door and into the vehicle.

-- Insert seat into corresponding holes in floor via the centering pins on the tunnel side.

-- Move the seat as far forward as possible using the forward/back adjuster.

-- Insert the bolt -3- and tighten by hand.

-- Insert the bolt -4- and tighten by hand.

-- Move the seat as far back as possible using the forward/back adjuster.

-- Insert the -1- bolt and tighten.

-- Insert the -2- bolt and tighten.

-- Move the seat as far forward as possible using the forward/back adjuster.

-- Tighten the bolt -3- .

-- Tighten the bolt -4- .

-- Remove the Airbag Lockout AdapterVAS6282.

-- Attach the side airbag wiring harness to the connector station.

-- Depending on the vehicle equipment level, attach the remaining wiring harnesses in the coupling station.

-- Install the cap/carpet from the coupling station.

-- Turn on the ignition.

WARNING:

Make sure that no persons are in the vehicle.

-- Connect the battery. Refer to [For transmission(s) 0A4,02E,09G,02Q] [For engine(s) CVCA,CPRA,CPKA,CPLA,CJAA,CBUA,CPPA,CCTA,CBFA] Removal and Installation .

WARNING:

When installing seat, if a thread in mounting plate of seat crossmember was damaged, a reworking of the damaged thread is forbidden. In this case, mounting plate of seat crossmember must be replaced.

If there is damage to threads in mounting plate of seat crossmember:

-- Replace the seat crossmember mounting plate.