![]() ![]() If you follow back from the GREEN wiring harness, you'll find the two heater elements are wired in parallel. The GREEN wiring harness below has two thicker gauge (18 or so. The seat bottom wiring is tied very tightly to the frame, and runs directly to the wiring harness that connects the seat to the floor. The seat back has a connector that is removable. Turns out there are separate seat elements for the seat bottom and back. Now that the seat is out one can flip the seat over to find out how it is wired. Now that the panel is out, it seems like the bottom COULD be pulled out first (but you'll have to try to disengage the hooks). Here are the pics after I was able to get the panel out. It was clear that the top L hooks are not meant to bend, so I tried to slide and bend the entire panel down and to the right (or left) to remove the top of the panel first, and then tilt And weaker, more flexible "J" shaped hooks on the bottom of the panel. You can see that there are large strong L-shaped plastic hooks on the top of the seat back. Used plastic pry tool to move plastic snaps on the left and right side edge of the seat-cover. Also keeps chair bolted down nicely while you're seated in the backseat. This step can also be done in the car, BEFORE you remove the chair and in fact this is what I did so I knew I could remove it successfully before removing chair. For me a polystyrene insulation sheet worked PERFECTLY to allow the pin to push through the insulation while the rest of the chair rail could sit on the surface.Īs I couldn't find any write-ups on how to remove the seat back (or any manuals to tell me how to remove them) here's how *I* did it - may not be the best way. The chair has two metal pins that fit into holes through the floorpan, so set the chair on something soft on the floor. Seatbelt can be removed from the rivet by pushing the seatbelt down, and you're able to remove it through a larger hole by unlatching a retaining clip. Tilt the chair back in the car to remove all the wiring harnesses located underneath the plastic coverplate. Leave the car unpowered for 10mins to ensure all the airbag logic is powered down. Then remove power by disconnecting battery underneath the spare tire well. It helps to have the seat at close to a 90 degree angle for easy removal out of the car, as well as working with it on a table/bench. The hidden button is about 1-2 inches below the top of the seat and will allow you to remove the headrest entirely. ![]() Ie driver side pillar support for the driver headrest, passenger side headrest pillar for the passenger headrest. You can remove the headrest by pushing through the leather on the "outside" pillar of the headrest. The headrest removed can make life much easier. Remove bolts, and center the seat once again. Remove the seats by removing 4x triple square bolts. The seat removal is covered in other DIY write-ups. Necessary is a hog ring pliers and 1/2" or 3/4" hog rings for re-assembly. Necessary are the triple-square set, as well as torx bits. Also not shown is soldering iron, heat shrink tubing and other 'standard' tools. Always a bad idea to use metal tools in and around leather. The plastic trim tools were very useful releasing many of the one time snaps that is used to fasten the leather to the cushions / frame. REALLY impressed at how these S-line leather seats are built up, but they were a pita to take apart. Most of it is common sense, but I'll do my best to mention the few tips/tricks: Time per seat, probably 6-8 hours. This is not going to be the most detailed write up, but here are pictures for what it's worth. For the life of me could not find any videos or threads to show B8 front seat disassembly or repair, so hopefully this will help someone else in the future. This January I finally bit the bullet to start looking at fixing this. ![]() The one quirk is that my seat heat was too hot (even at level 1) so I knew something wasn't right. Love my 2009 Sline and it has pretty reliable and low-maintenance. Benefited from various mods and fixes from this forum for years (2003 A4 Avant, and 2009 A4 Sline 3.2).
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