I know itâs an old thread.
I had this problem when I bought my 2004 3.2 hope fully someone might find this helpful
if you move your seat in to the fully up position using the handle on the side of your seat and then move your seat fully forward using the handle at the front. now if you look under your seat you will see a cable about 6-8" in length there is a plastic clip which should be attached to you seat this breaks and comes loose from the seat so when you tilt your seat forward the cable doesnât have the pivot point to fully complete the movement of the component on the runner to allow the seat to slide forward and back.
trim on the back of the seat
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here is the cable
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and the slide component on the runner in the locked position (will not slide)
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and unlocked position (will slide)
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i undone this part of the cable on the slide component as you need the seat in the tilt position to do the work and this just makes the cable slack and easier to work with
I used 2 cable ties to keep them in place so it wouldnât happen again
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you can just see the plastic clip in the picture all I done was wrapped a cable tie around where the clip is to hold it in place and then put a cable tie up and down the way to hold the other cable tie in place as where the clip goes is rounded so the first cable tie tends to slip off and the clip will break off again ( you will not see the cable ties once you put the trim back on)
i done this as a temp fix and if it breaks again then i will replace the clips.
i phoned Glasgow Audi to get a price for a new cable £10+vat i was asked if the cable had snapped or is it the clips that have broke as they stock the clips £1 for the clip, i dint think they would sell those clips.