Volkswagen Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Dismantling –  Move front seat to highest position. –  Remove front seat → Chapter. –  Separate seat frame and backrest frame → Chapter.   Note On seats with seat heating, press out contacts of backrest heater from connector in seat frame and pull out cable from seat frame. –  Remove cover and padding for front seat part with height adjustment → Chapter. Remove base structure –  Release securing clips of felt trim from seat base.

–  Remove cross-head screws -2-, remove bearing clamp -3- and spring -4- and pull out operating lever -1- for longitudinal seat adjustment backwards from bearing bush.

–  Adjust tilt angle so that springs -1- have minimum tension. –  Unhook springs -1- on base structure of seat -arrows- and remove.

–  Unscrew rear securing bolts -1- (seat base/base structure). –  Press tilt lever -2- outwards -arrows- and pull off from inner axis -3- of base structure.

–  Take off spring -1- and circlip -2- from tilt adjustment mechanism.

–  Remove circlip -1- on outer side of seat and push tilt adjustment control shaft -2- inwards and remove.

–  Unscrew securing bolts of tilt adjustment on left -1- and right -2- (opposite on right seat).

–  Lever out front securing point -1- on tilt adjustment mechanism (fixed sleeve with collar) and slide tilt adjustment shaft -2- backwards in parallel motion -arrow- until rear securing point -3- is pushed out from guide.   Note If necessary, parallel sliding of tilt adjustment can be encouraged by lightly striking with hammer. –  Remove base structure with tilt adjustment Remove height adjustment cable

–  Remove springs -1- on left and right height adjustment mechanism. –  Lever out retaining lugs -2- on cable eyelets -3- and unhook cable eyelets.

–  Unscrew lock nut -1- of cable tensioning device and pull out threaded sleeve -2- in direction of arrow. –  Pull off securing clip of cable at front beneath seat base. Adjusting cable

–  Fit cable completely (including springs of height adjustment mechanism). –  Adjust threaded sleeve -1- so that height adjustment mechanism locks -2- are actuated at the same time on both sides. Remove height adjustment

–  Lock tilt lever -1- using suitable means -2- (e.g. with hook -3004-). To do this, insert tool under light tension.   Note When removing, the tool will maintain spring pressure -arrow- for height adjustment. The threaded pins of the tool should have sufficient length to enable opening.

–  Remove retaining clips -1- and press out bearing pins -2-. –  Open tensioning tool until spring pressure is relieved. –  Remove retaining clip -3- and press out bearing pin -4-.

–  Unhook spring -1- on support bracket -2- at front in seat base frame and pull out tilt lever (including height adjustment mechanism) with spring backwards out of seat base frame.