Audi A8 2003 User Manual

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3.1 Exploded view of electrically operated individual rear seat components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
3.2 Removing and installing centre section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
3.3 Removing and installing seat pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
3.4 Removing and installing individual rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
3.5 Removing and installing backrest holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
3.6 Seat centre section holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
3.7 Removing and installing backrest centre section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
3.8 Removing and installing release handle for backrest centre section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
3.9 Removing and installing rear shelf trim and filler piece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
3.10 Removing and installing mounting plate for control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
3.11 Separating rear seat adjustment with memory control unit J522 from mounting plate . . . . 347
3.12 Separating driver side J674 and front passenger side J675 rear seat ventilation control unit
from mounting plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
3.13 Removing and installing side trim on sill panel side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
3.14 Removing and installing lumbar support adjustment switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
3.15 Removing and installing seat adjustment switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
3.16 Removing and installing side trim on tunnel side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
3.17 Removing and installing front trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
3.18 Removing and installing seat ventilation unit (seat pan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
3.19 Removing and installing seat ventilation unit (backrest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
3.20 Removing and installing rear left seat V227 and rear right seat V228 rake adjustment
motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
3.21 Removing and installing rear left seat V87 and rear right seat V88 longitudinal adjustment
motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
3.22 Removing and installing upper backrest adjustment motor V232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
3.23 Removing and installing rear left seat V127 and rear right V128 lumbar support longitudinal
adjustment motor with four-way lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
3.24 Removing and installing rear left seat lumbar support height adjustment motor V225 and
V225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
3.25 Removing and installing outer seat belt retainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
3.26 Removing and installing head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
74 - Seat - padding, covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
1 Front seat covers and padding (memory seat, electrically operated seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
1.1 Removing and installing seat pan cover and padding (sports seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
1.2 Removing and installing seat cushion extension trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
1.3 Removing and installing seat side padding and cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
1.4 Removing and installing backrest cover and padding (sports seat, standard seat) . . . . . . 364
1.5 Removing head restraint guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
1.6 Removing head restraint guides (convenience seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
1.7 Removing and installing seat heating element (sports seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
1.8 Removing and installing seat side padding heating elements (bonded) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
1.9 Removing and installing backrest heating element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
1.10 Removing and installing backrest heating elements (bonded) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
1.11 Removing and installing head restraint cover and padding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
2 Rear seat covers and padding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
2.1 Removing and installing cover and padding for rear seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
2.2 Removing and installing cover and padding for rear seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
2.3 Removing head restraint guides with backrest in position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
2.4 Removing head restraint guides with backrest removed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
2.5 Removing and installing head restraint cover and padding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
3 Covers and padding for electrically operated individual rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
3.1 Removing and installing cover and padding for seat pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
3.2 Removing and installing cover and padding for individual rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
3.3 Removing and installing centre section cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
3.4 Removing head restraint guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
3.5 Removing and installing head restraint cover and padding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
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General body repairs, interior - Edition 07.2011
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Audi A8 2003 Specifications

General

Brand	Audi
Model	A8 2003
Category	Automobile
Language	English