Audi A8 2003 User Manual

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72 - Seat frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
1 Front seats (memory seat, electrically operated seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
1.1 Removing and installing seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
1.2 Connecting airbag adapter VAS 6229 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
1.3 Unplugging connector for side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
1.4 Pin assignment of emergency power supply connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
1.5 Removing and installing front runner cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
1.6 Removing and installing rear runner cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
1.7 Bump stop for front passenger's seat (USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
1.8 Removing and installing front seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
1.9 Replacing seat pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
1.10 Removing and installing side trim on sill panel side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
1.11 Removing and installing side trim on tunnel side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
1.12 Removing and installing front trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
1.13 Removing and installing seat side trim holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
1.14 Removing and installing seat adjustment switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
1.15 Removing and installing switch for 4-way lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
1.16 Removing and installing seat and steering column adjustment control unit with memory J136 /
front passenger seat adjustment with memory control unit J521 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
1.17 Removing and installing connector point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
1.18 Removing and installing seat longitudinal adjustment motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
1.19 Replacing seat upper frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
1.20 Replacing seat pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
1.21 Removing and installing safety latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
1.22 Removing and installing seat height adjustment motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
1.23 Removing and installing seat angle adjustment motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
1.24 Removing and installing seat cushion extension motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
1.25 Removing and installing backrest adjustment motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
1.26 Removing and installing upper backrest cover panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
1.27 Removing and installing lower backrest cover panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
1.28 Removing and installing 4-way lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
1.29 Removing and installing lumbar support adjustment motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
1.30 Removing and installing head restraint adjustment motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
1.31 Removing and installing upper backrest adjustment motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
1.32 Removing and installing electrically operated head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
1.33 Removing and installing motor for head restraint adjustment with active head restraint unit
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1.34 Removing and installing seat ventilation unit (seat pan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
1.35 Removing and installing seat ventilation unit (backrest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
1.36 Removing rear footwell light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
1.37 Electrically operated front seat wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
2 Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
2.1 Removing and installing rear seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
2.2 Removing and installing rear seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
2.3 Removing and installing centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
2.4 Dismantling centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
2.5 Removing and installing cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
2.6 Removing and installing centre mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
2.7 Removing and installing head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
2.8 Removing and installing centre head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
2.9 Removing and installing centre head restraint blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
2.10 Dismantling centre head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
2.11 Removing and installing slide-in locking mechanism for centre head restraint . . . . . . . . . . 339
2.12 Removing and installing backrest mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
3 Electrically operated individual rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
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Audi A8 2003 Specifications

General

Brand	Audi
Model	A8 2003
Category	Automobile
Language	English