Audi Q3: Seat Position Sensor
Overview - Seat Position Sensor
Note
The illustration shows the passenger seat position sensor with the
wiring harness.

1 - Connector
- Connector station in the vehicle floor under on the sill panel under
the seat.
2 - Cable Holder/Cable Tie
- Clipped in the seat frame.
3 - Connector
4 - Cable Holder/Cable Tie
- Clipped in the seat frame.
5 - Seat rail
6 - Front Passenger Seat Position Sensor -G554-
- Driver seat: Driver Seat Position Sensor -G553-
- Removing and installing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Seat Position Sensor, Removing and Installing".
7 - Bolt
8 - Connector
- Only for passenger seat: for Passenger Occupant Detection System
Control Module -J706-
Seat Position Sensor, Removing and Installing
The seat position sensor is available as a replacement part
with the wiring harness and connector. The following wires with
connectors are contained in the wiring harness:
- Driver seat: wire with seat belt latch connector coupling.
- Passenger seat: wire with seat belt latch connector coupling
and Passenger Occupant Detection System Control Module -J706-.
Removing
WARNING
- Follow all safety precautions when working with
pyrotechnic components. Refer to
→ Chapter "Pyrotechnic Components Safety Precautions".
- Before handling airbag units (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".
- Open the rear wiring holder -1-
for modular wire routing on the seat pan lower frame using a
screwdriver -arrow- and remove the
corrugated tube -2-.
- Remove the seat position sensor wire -G553-/-G554- from the
protective cover -2- and free it
up.

- Remove the bolt -1-.
- Unclip and disengage the seat position sensor
-2- for the lower seat pan
-3--arrow-.
- Remove the cable ties or cable clips for the wire on the
seat pan lower frame.

Driver seat:
- Disconnect the connector -2- to
the seat belt latch.
- Remove the seat position sensor -1-
with the wire -3-.
Front Passenger Seat:
- Remove the passenger occupant detection system. Refer to
→ Chapter "Passenger Occupant Detection System, Removing and
Installing".
Installing
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 - Seat Position Sensor".

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Note
The passenger occupant detection sensor is only installed in
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Special tools and wo
Component Location Overview - Passenger Occupant Detection System
WARNING
The replacement part (service kit) for the passenger
occupant detection system is already precalibrated and must
Overview - Deformation Element
1 - Nut
25 Nm
Quantity: 3
2 - Lower Deformation Element
Component location: under the instrument panel on the driver side
Remo
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Replacing fuses
Fig. 171 Left side of the engine compartment: fuse cover 1
Fig. 172 Left side of the cockpit: storage compartment
(left-hand drive) 2 or storage compartment (right-hand
drive) 3
Fuses are installed in various locations in your vehicle.
The following information only lists fuses
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Traffic safety information
Audi recommends only using certain Infotainment
system functions while the vehicle is stationary,
such as entering a destination or pairing
a mobile device. Always be prepared to stop operating
the Infotainment system in the interest of
your safety and the safety of other