Super Sport Seat Backrest Cover
Super Sport Seat Backrest Cover
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
• Pry lever (80 - 200)
• Special hook (3370)
• Drill for vehicles equipped with a DVD player
• Eye protection for vehicles equipped with a DVD player
• 12 mm drill bit for vehicles equipped with a DVD player
Removing
• Follow the safety precautions for pyrotechnic components. Refer to => [ Restraint System Components ] Description and Operation.
• Before handling pyrotechnical components (for example, disconnecting the connector), the person handling them must "discharge static electricity". For example, by briefly touching the door striker pin.
- Remove front seat. Refer to => [ Power Standard Front Seats ] Power Standard Front Seats.
- Attach front seat to Fixture For Seat Repair (VAS 6136). Refer to => [ Front Seat, Installing on Fixture for Seat Repair VAS 6136 ] Front Seat, Installing on Fixture for Seat Repair VAS 6136.
Vehicles equipped with a mount for a DVD player:
• DVD player removed.
- Unclip the trim - 2 - for the connector - arrow -.
Eye injury risk.
• Wear protective EYEWEAR!
- Drill out the guides - 1 - and - 3 - for the DVD player using a 12 mm drill ∅.
Danger of destroying the backrest cover and cushion.
• The guides are held in the backrest frame by the retaining tabs - arrows -.
• When removing, drill out only up to dimension - a - = 35 mm.
All Vehicles
- Remove the backrest cover. Refer to => [ Backrest Cover ] Backrest Cover.
- Remove backrest. Refer to => [ Backrest ] Backrest.
- Remove the entry assistance trim. Refer to => [ Entry Assistance Trim ] Entry Assistance Trim.
- Remove the clips on the seat backrest frame - 5 - with the pry lever (80 - 200).
- Disengage the rear clamping profile - 1, 2, 3 and 4 - on the backrest frame using the special hook (3370).
- Disengage the left and right rear straps - 6 - on the backrest frame.
- Remove the upholstery on the front seat backrest so that the side airbag screw is accessible. When doing this, carefully pull the cover and cushion near the side airbag as far as possible toward the front.
- Remove side airbag. Refer to => [ Driver Side Airbag Igniter or Front Passenger Side Airbag Igniter ] .
• The standard seat is shown in the illustration.
- Reach from the rear side of the backrest under the upholstery and find the release button - 5 -.
- Press the release button in the - direction of the arrow -.
- Hold the release button down in this position.
- Remove the upholstery with the headrest - 1 - upward from the backrest frame - 3 -.
2 Headrest guide without release button
4 Side Airbag
6 Headrest guide with release button
• A second technician is needed to remove the upholstery with the headrest from the backrest frame.
- Remove the cover and cushion upward and off the seat backrest frame while at the same time removing the seat heating wiring harness.
Installation
• Follow the safety precautions for pyrotechnic components. Refer to => [ Restraint System Components ] Description and Operation.
• Before handling pyrotechnical components (for example, connecting electrical connector), the person handling them must "discharge static electricity". For example, by briefly touching the door striker pin.
Installation is reverse of removal, but note the following:
- Make sure the headrest is engaged correctly in headrest guides after positioning upholstery on backrest.
- Make sure the clamping profiles engage correctly and the cover is not wrinkled.
Vehicles equipped with a mount for a DVD player:
• The guide mounts - 1 - and - 3 - on the backrest must free of contaminants.
- Adjust the backrest cover and insert the new guides into the mounts.
• The guides - 1 - and - 3 - can be installed in only one position.
• The release buttons must face outside.
- Install the trim - 2 -.
• The trim can be installed in only one position.
• Ignore - arrow -.
All Vehicles
• Ensure that electrical connections are pushed in as far as stop and engage with a click.
Connect the battery with the ignition switched on. Pyrotechnic components could deploy after connecting the battery if they were not repaired correctly. Individuals must not be inside the vehicle when connecting the battery.
- Disconnect the battery ground wire with the ignition switched on.
• If Airbag Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) (K75) indicates a fault after installation, DTC memory must be checked, deleted and checked again.