Replacing Cover for Left or Right Front Seat

52 14 400 - Replacing cover for left or right front seat





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






Necessary preliminary tasks:
- Remove front seat Removing and Installing Left or Right Front Seat (Normal/Electric)
- Remove rear panel Removing and Installing/Replacing Rear Panel on Left or Right Front Seat Backrest on front seat backrest
- Remove trim cover for outer fitting Removing and Installing/Replacing Trim Cover for outer Fitting on Front Seat on front seat
- Remove inner cover Removing and Installing/Replacing Inner Cover on Left or Right Front Seat
- Remove seat belt pretensioner 72 11 041 Removing and Installing/Replacing Front Left or Right Lower Belt Fitting (Seat Belt Tensioner)





Warning!
US/CDN front passenger seat (with OC3 mat) only:
A defective OC3 mat may only be replaced complete with the padding and the seat cover.
New OC3 mat is supplied with padding, seat cover and if necessary seat heating.
After fitting, the OC3 mat must be enabled with the BMW programming system.
Individual parts not available.





Enabling seat occupancy detector (OC3 mat):
- Connect BMW programming system Programming and Relearning
- Code airbag control unit
- Clear fault memory if necessary





Lift seat cover (1) out of seat mechanism.





Lever welt (1) out of seat mechanism.





Remove seat cover (1) with padding towards front/top.





Version with seat heater and/or with seat occupancy detector (OC3 mat):
Release the corresponding plug connections depending on the version and disconnect.
Pull seat cover (1) with padding forward a little and feed cable (2) out.
Remove seat cover (1) with padding towards front/top.

Note:
The operation Replacing seat cover with OC3 mat ends here.





Carefully 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.





Replacement only:
If necessary, cut new seat cover to size and insert trim wires.






Installation:
Bend new clips (2) with special tool 52 0 050 52 0 050 Pliers.
1. Padding
2. Retainer
3. Trim wire in padding
4. Trim wire in cover
5. Seat cover