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3.13 Removing and installing side trim on sill panel side
1 - Connector
2 - Clip
3 - Connector
4 - Side trim, sill panel side
♦ Removing
– Remove the seat pan
⇒ page 342 .
– Disengage the front trim
-8- at the location
marked with an arrow
from the side trim on the
sill panel side -4-.
– Unscrew the bolts -5-
(3x).
– Use a screwdriver to
prise the clip -2- out of
the side trim on the sill
panel side -4-.
– Unplug the connectors
-1- and -3-.
– Pull off the side trim on
the sill panel side -4- to
the rear.
♦ Installing
– Install the side trim on
the sill panel side -4- in
the reverse order of re‐
moval.
– Make sure the wiring
harness -6- is posi‐
tioned behind the fas‐
tening strip -7-.
5 - Bolts (3x)
❑ Tightening torque 2.5
Nm.
6 - Wiring harness
7 - Fastening strip
8 - Front trim
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