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........................ General ........................... .52 0.2 Rear Seats .52 0.7
SeatIMirrorlSteering Column Memory ..... .52 0.2 Rear seat cushion and backrest,
...... Seat memory position. setting ........... .52 0.2 removing and installing (sedan only) 520-7
......... Headrest. removing
and installing 520-8 Front Seats ........................ .52 0.4
Seat switch and memory module.
removing and installing
................ .52 0.3
Front seat. removing and installing
....... .52 0.5
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l Seats
Seat repair and component replacement is possible once the
seat has been removed from the vehicle.
Before servicing front seats read safety regulations on han-
dling
airbag modules and pyrotechnic seatbelt tensioners.
See
720 Seat belts and 721 Airbag system (SRS).
WARNING-
. The front seats are equipped with pyrotechnic seat belt
tensioners. These tensioners are powerful devices and
should be handled with exfreme care. Incorrect handling
can trigger off the tensioner and cause injury.
BMW recommends that all repair or replacement
worlc
on pyrotechnic devices must be carried out by a quali-
fied
BMW technician.
Be sure to disconnect the battery and wait
5 seconds
before attempting to work on pyrotechnic devices.
During body straightening and welding with an electric
arc welder, always disconnect the battery and the con-
nection to the pyrotechnic gas generators.
Seat switch and memory module, removing
and installing
- Remove front seat. See Front seats, removing and install-
ing.
- Carefully pull seat adjusting ltnobs straight out to remove.
Remove screw fastener
(A) and trim clips (B), turn side panel
downward to remove.
Disconnect electrical harness connector
(arrow).
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520-5
Seats
1
4 Release mounting tabs (arrows) and remove switch module.
Front seat, removing and installing
- Turn ignition switch to OFF position.
Remove front and rear rail trim panels:
Raise center of trim panel
(A) to release loclting pin.
Unlock and lift out inner mounting clips tabs
(6).
Slide trim panel off rail (arrow) to remove.
< Remove seat belt mounting fastener (arrow) from seat
frame.
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Seats
< Remove front seat rail fasteners (arrows)
- Remove front seat from car. Headrest may be removed to
provide additional clearance.
NOTE-
Use a blanket to protect the door sill from scuffing by seat
rails
during seat removal.
- Installation is reverse of removal. Use wire ties or equivalent
means to keep seat harness wiring from fraying.
Tightening torques
Front seat to floor
42 Nm (31 ft-lb)
Seat belt end to seat frame
48 Nm (35 ft-lb)
E39 models are equipped with at least three different ver-
sions of rear seats. This manual only covers the standard
seat used in sedan models.
Rear seat cushion and backrest, removing
and installing (sedan only)
4 Pull front of rear seat cushion up to release clips. While hold-
ing front of cushion up, pull cushion forward to remove.
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Seats
Remove left and right side bacltrest mounting fasteners (ar-
row).
Pull up on backrest to detach from top retainers. Slide back-
rest to side to clear seat belts while removing.
NOTE-
If the car is equipped with heatedrearseats, detach electrical
harness
connector(s) as you remove the seat components.
4 When reinstalling, be sure to pull seat belts and buckles (ar-
rows) up through appropriate slots in seat cushion.
Headrest, removing and installing
- Slide headrest as far up as possible.
Press guides (arrows)
back and
Installation is reverse of removal pull
upward to remove
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540 Sunroof
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,540-2
Sunroof Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540-2
Sunroof electronic controls, initializing . . . . ,540-2
Sunroof, normalization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,540-3
Sunroof, characteristic curve . . . . . . . . . . . .540-3
Sunroof panel, emergency closing . . . . . . . ,540-4
Sunroof, adiustino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,540-5
~unroofwitil steel roof panel, adjusting . . . ,540-5
Sunroof with glass roof panel, adjusting . . . ,540-7
Sunroof Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540-8
Sunroof components (glass)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 540-8
Sunroof panel, removing and
installing (steel or glass)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540-8
Sunroof panel gasket, replacing
(steel or glass)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540-9
Sunroof motor, replacing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540-10
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1 Sunroof
Sunroof assembly removal and installation involves headliner
removal, and is not covered in this manual. After sunroof re-
pairs, be sure to follow initialization and adjustment proce-
dures given earlier.
I Sunroof comDonents
1. Left rubber boot suppori
2. Left upper control rail
3. Left side water channel repair ltit
4. Left lower control rail
5. Left cover
6. Left side slider
7. Cross member
8. Sunroof frame
9. Trim panel
10. Gasket
11. Glass roof cover
m5sm.7 - -.
Sunroof panel, removing and installing
(steel or glass)
4 To remove sunroof panel, open sunroof and remove wind
blocker
by removing Tom screw (arrow) on each side.
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Sunroof
4 Remove three Torx screws (arrows) on each side, and lift
panel out.
- Installation is reverse of removal. Adjust sunroof height and
gap as described earlier. See Sunroof, adjusting.
Tightening torques
Wind blocker to roof (Torx)
1 Nm (9 in-lb)
Sunroof panel to roof (Torx)
6 Nm (4.4 ft-lb)
Sunroof panel gasket, replacing
(steel
or glass)
- Remove sunroof panei. See Sunroof panei, removing and
installing (steel or glass).
Pull old seal from panel.
Coat new seal and channel in sunroof panel with soapy
water.
* Starting at back center of panel, install new seal, taking
care to not pull seal too tightly around four corners of
panel.
- Installation is reverse of removal. Adjust sunroof height and
gap as shown earlier in this repair group. See Sunroof, ad-
justing.
Tightening torques
Wind
bloclter to roof (Torx)
Sunroof panel to roof (Torx) 1 Nm (9 in-lb)
6 Nrn (4.4 ft-lb)