Replacing Seat Cover on Left or Right Front Seat (Normal/Manual)

52 13 400 Replacing Seat Cover On Left Or Right Front Seat (Normal/Manual)

Special tools required:
- 52 0 050

Necessary preliminary tasks:
- Remove front seat
- Remove inner cover
- Remove outer cover
- Remove seat belt tensioner

WARNING:
- US/CDN front passenger seat (with OC3 mat) only:
- To avoid damaging the OC3 mat, it is essential to carry out the following operations with extra care.

When replacing seat cover:
If seat cover is defective, seat cover and padding with OC3 mat must be replaced together.
New seat cover is supplied with padding, OC3 mat and if necessary seat heating.

When replacing padding with OC3 mat:
If OC3 mat or padding is defective, both parts may only be replaced together.
These must be fitted with the seat cover from the car.

After fitting seat cover, enable OC3 mat with diagnosis system.
Enabling seat occupancy detector (OC3 mat):
- Connect diagnosis system
- Release seat occupancy detector
- Clear fault memory if necessary







Version with seat heating:
Unfasten plug connection (2) and disconnect.

Installation:
Plug is coded against incorrect installation.

Lever out clips (1).
Lever out welt in marked area of seat mechanism.







Lever out clips (1).
Lever out welt in marked area of seat mechanism.
Remove padding with seat cover from seat mechanism.







Version with OC3 mat:
- OC3 mat must not be kinked under any circumstances.

Detach all retainers in side area from longitudinal wires.
If necessary, depending on version, carefully take up seat cover and release clips from cross-wires.
Remove seat cover from padding.

IMPORTANT: Remove all remnants of clips from seat cover and padding.







Padding (1) with OC3 mat (2).

IMPORTANT:
- No retainer remainders may be fitted as well.
- Handle OC3 mat with extreme care.
- Do not kink OC3 mat.
- Do not clamp OC3 mat.
- OC3 mat must lie without folds under seat cover.







Installation:
Insert new retainer (2) with special tool 52 0 050 and bend closed.

1. Padding
2. Retainer
3. Trim thread in padding
4. Trim thread in seat cover
5. Seat cover