1996 AUDI A4 tow

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WARNING!

Disconnect battery Ground (GND) strap
before removing seat.

- Push seat forward.

- Remove cap (right arrow) and remove Phillips-head screw located
under cap.
- Remove screw (left arrow) and remove stopper toward rear.

Note:
The attachment with socket-head screw -3- is replaced by a stop spring
as a running change. - Remove cap nut -2- and socket-head screw -3-.
Tightening torque: 8 Nm (71 in. lb)
- Release retaining rod -1- and pull seat toward rear out of guide rails.
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Note:
Always replace bolts -2- and -5-. Installing:
- Install bushing -7- on both sides of rear
securing points of backrest so collar
faces toward inside.
- Slide backrest frame -1- from rear into
seat frame -4-.
- Install bolts -2- and -5-, but do not
tighten.
- Tighten bolts -2- and -5-.
2 -
Bolts (2x)
23 Nm (17 ft lb)
3 -
Screwdriver
4 -
Seat frame
5 -
Bolts(4x) 23 Nm (17 ft lb)Door sill side longer than tunnel side
6 -
Bracket Only on door sill side
7 -
Bushings (2x)
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Backrest shell, removing and installing

WARNING!
Before starting work on seats, connect VAS
5094 airbag adapter page 72
-9 .
1 -
Backrest
1 -
Bolts (4x)
2 -
Backrest shell
Removing:
- Move seat fully up.
- Remove seat page 72
-25
.
- Remove trim panels page 72
-41
.
- Remove side airbag module page 69
-
81
.
- Remove backrest upholstery page 74
-
22
.
- Remove spring cover page 72
-43
.
- Unbolt bolts -2- (4x) on side of backrest
shell -3-.
- Place seat so backrest shell -3- is
accessible from below.
- Push both clips -4- on bottom of backrest
shell -3- slightly toward each other.
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Note:
Both seat springs and their related rubber buffers
located in the rear between the seat cushion and
the backrest fall out by themselves.
Installing:
- Ensure rubber buffers 3 are correctly
located in mountings on backrest.
- Install springs -4- in seat cushion.
- Insert electrical cover -2- between
backrest and seat cushion.
- Install seat cushion -1- so springs -4- sit
on rubber buffers -3- at backrest.
- Push seat cushion -1- toward rear.
- Push down on front of seat cushion -1-.
- If necessary, attach wiring in seat
cushion.
- Install electrical cover beneath seat.
2 -
Electrical cover
3 -
Rubber buffers (2x)
4 -
Springs (2x)
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Spring cover, removing and installing

WARNING!
Before starting work on seats, connect VAS
5094 airbag adapter page 72
-9 .
1 -
Backrest
2 -
Spring cover
Removing:
- Move seat fully up.
- Unbolt two bolts -3- on left and right of
spring cover -2-.
- Pull off spring cover -2- from right-side of
seat.
- Then pull spring toward right so clip -4-
detaches from left-side of spring cover.
- Remove spring cover -2- from seat.
Installing:
- Install left side of spring cover -1- with
clip -4-.
- Push spring cover -2- onto right-side until
it engages.
- Tighten both bolts -3-.
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