Audi Q3: Backrest Release, Removing and Installing

  Note

Release is only on front passenger side folding seat.

Removing

- Remove cap -2- using screwdriver.

- Open the tabs with a screwdriver -arrows- and remove the release lever -1- from the backrest.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal.

Installation notes, for example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Seat Pan, Sill Panel/Tunnel Side Seat Side Trim on Folding Passenger Seat".

Driver/Front Passenger Seat Lumbar Support Adjustment Switch -E176-/-E177-, Removing and Installing

Removing

- Remove the seat side sill panel trim.

• Front seat manual. Refer to → Chapter "Seat Side Trim on Sill Panel Side, Removing and Installing, Manual Front Seat".
• Front seat power. Refer to → Chapter "Seat Side Trim on Sill Panel Side, Removing and Installing, Power Front Seat".

- Disconnect the connector -4-.

- Remove the bolts -2-.

- Remove -1- from the trim -3-.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal.

Installation notes, for example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Seat Pan, Lumbar Support Adjustment Switch".

Lumbar Support Adjustment Motors -V125-/-V126-/-V129-/-V130-, Removing and Installing

Special tools and workshop equipment required

• Pop Rivet Pliers -VAG1753B-
• Drill
• Protective eyewear

Removing

  WARNING

• Follow all safety precautions when working with pyrotechnic components. Refer to → Chapter "Pyrotechnic Components Safety Precautions".
• Before handling pyrotechnic components (for example, disconnecting the connector), the person handling it must "discharge static electricity". This can be done by touching the door striker, for example.

- Remove the front seat. Refer to → Chapter "Front Seat, Removing and Installing".

- Fasten the front seat on the Engine/Transmission Holder - Seat Repair Fixture -VAS6136-. Refer to → Chapter "Front Seat, Mounting on Fixture for Seat Repair".

- Remove the backrest cover with the backrest cushion. Refer to → Chapter "Backrest Cover and Cushion, Removing and Installing".

- Detach electrical harness connectors -1- and -2- at the lumbar support forward/back and height adjustment motors.

  WARNING

Danger of eye injury.

Wear protective eyewear.

- Drill out rivet -3-.

- Free up the wiring harness on the lumbar support.

- Move the lower lumbar support -1- forward, disengage it from the backrest frame -2--arrows- and remove it.

Installing

- Attach the upper lumbar support -1- in the backrest frame -2--arrows- and move it down and to the rear.

- Rivet lumbar support to the backrest frame.

  WARNING

• Follow all safety precautions when working with pyrotechnic components. Refer to → Chapter "Pyrotechnic Components Safety Precautions".
• Before handling pyrotechnic components (for example, connecting the connector), the person handling it must "discharge static electricity". This can be done by touching the door striker, for example.
• Observe all measures when installing the front seat. Refer to → Chapter "Front Seat, Removing and Installing".

Install in reverse order of removal.

Installation notes, for example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Front Backrest, Lumbar Support".

Front Seat Heating Control Module -J774-, Removing and Installing

Removing

- Remove the center console insert. Refer to → Chapter "Center Console Insert, Removing and Installing".

- Pull the Front Seat Heating Control Module -J774--item 1- slightly rearward until the retaining tabs release and then pull upward -arrow-.

- Release the connector safety catch and disconnect the connector.

- Remove the Front Seat Heating Control Module -J774-.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal.

Installation notes, for example tightening specifications, replacing components.

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