06-12-2011, 05:31 PM
When you put the seats back in put the back bolts in at first into the larger holes but make sure they are loose. Then pull the seat back and line up the holes so the front bolts go in as the holes have to be dead lined up and the back ones don't. Do then up to the max and then slide the seat forward and do the back ones up!
Because the front bolts are quite hard to get at consider putting a piece of card between your seats and the screwdriver as you dont want to rip the cloth or leather. For the drivers seat make sure what i call the 'fun lever' or the heigh adjustment lever is fully down. i.e. pointing forwards not up! This makes it easier to get to the bolts.
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To confirm the cable under the seat are the pretensioner wires for the pretensioners located on the seat belt part of the seat. If there are 2 more wires then they are for the side airbags which are built into some models (Year 2000 onwards). In an accident the pretensioners fire which pulls the seat belt tighter. The stalks of the pretensioners should be straight with no bumps whereas if the seats came out of a crashed car the stalk would be shriveled, shorter and bumpy.
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The orange clips that hold the cables together are prone for making bad contact. This can result in the orange airbag light flashing on the dash. All you have to do is cut off the orange clips and solder the wires together under the seat to make a good contact. Its easiest to remove the headrest and tip the seat forwards so that you can work underneath it.
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![[Image: 2011-05-20125105.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/2011-05-20125105.jpg)
Hope that helps!
Sam
Because the front bolts are quite hard to get at consider putting a piece of card between your seats and the screwdriver as you dont want to rip the cloth or leather. For the drivers seat make sure what i call the 'fun lever' or the heigh adjustment lever is fully down. i.e. pointing forwards not up! This makes it easier to get to the bolts.
To confirm the cable under the seat are the pretensioner wires for the pretensioners located on the seat belt part of the seat. If there are 2 more wires then they are for the side airbags which are built into some models (Year 2000 onwards). In an accident the pretensioners fire which pulls the seat belt tighter. The stalks of the pretensioners should be straight with no bumps whereas if the seats came out of a crashed car the stalk would be shriveled, shorter and bumpy.
The orange clips that hold the cables together are prone for making bad contact. This can result in the orange airbag light flashing on the dash. All you have to do is cut off the orange clips and solder the wires together under the seat to make a good contact. Its easiest to remove the headrest and tip the seat forwards so that you can work underneath it.
Hope that helps!
Sam