52 14 403 Seat Cover For Passenger Seat

52 14 403 - Replacing seat cover for passenger seat





Special tools required:
- 52 0 050 52 0 050 Pliers





Necessary preliminary tasks:
- Remove passenger seat 52 14 002 Removing and Installing Front Seat, Passenger Side
- Remove rear panel Rear Panel on Left or Right Front Seat Backrest on front seat backrest
- Remove inner cover Inner Cover On Left Or Right Front Seat on front seat
- Remove switch combination





Warning!
US/CDN front passenger seat (with OC3 mat) only:
To avoid damaging the OC3 mat, it is essential to carry out the following operations with extra care.





When replacing seat cover:
If seat cover is defective, seat cover and padding with OC3 mat must be replaced together.
New seat cover is supplied with padding, OC3 mat and if necessary seat heating.
When replacing padding with OC3 mat:
If OC3 mat or padding is defective, both parts may only be replaced together.
These must be fitted with the seat cover from the car.





Enabling seat occupancy detector (OC3 mat):
- Connect BMW diagnosis system
- Release seat occupancy detector
- Clear fault memory if necessary





Cut open cable tie (1).

Installation:
Replace defective cable tie.

Raise tab and pull plug from plug housing.





Remove cover (1) on front seat:
- Press clip on door side outwards
- Press clip on tunnel side upwards
- Pull cover (1) forwards out of seat mechanism





Unhook seat cover on at all retaining points (1).





Unhook seat cover in marked area (1).
With seat heating optional extra only:
Disconnect plug connection (2).
Remove seat cover complete with padding.





With air conditioning optional extra only:
Unlock plug connections (1) and disconnect.





Detach all retainers in side area from longitudinal wires (1).
Pull trim wires (1) forward out of seat cover.
Carefully fold back seat cover and release retainers from cross-wires (2).
Remove seat cover from padding.

Important!
Remove all remnants of clips from seat cover and padding.





Replacing seat cover:
Pull trim wires out of seat cover.

Installation:
Slide trim threads into new seat cover. If necessary, cut mounting for trim threads.





Installation:
Bend new retainer (2) closed with pliers 52 0 050 52 0 050 Pliers.
1. Padding
2. Clips
3. Trim wire in seat cover
4. Trim wire in padding
5. Seat cover