rattlling kids sweet!!!

a3slinedaz said:

hi people, does anyone know how i can take the back seat out of my a3? or at least lift it up as one of the kids has pushed a sweet down the back of the seat and now its rattling on the metal work underneath whenever i go round bends and its driving ME round the bend! just phoned audi and they said it'ld be £65!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to get one ****** skittle out!

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Lift front of rear seat bench -1- and pull out rear seat bench to front.
Installing
NoteTake care not to damage plastic inserts -3- (2x) during installation.
– Engage anchoring lugs -2- (2x) in plastic inserts -3- (2x).
– Press down rear seat bench -1-.




I would chnage your text font too mate, little hard to read :icon_thumright:

Hope this helps.

Sorry to hijack this thread, but how do you take out the other part of the rear seat? The parts you can fold down?

Left (1/3) section of backrest and right (2/3) section of backrest without centre armrest - exploded view of components
1 - Mounting bracket (right-side)
2 - Latch (right-side)
q Removing and installing → Chapter
3 - Centre bracket
4 - Clip
5 - Trim cap
6 - Bolt, 15 Nm
7 - Mounting bracket (left-side)
8 - Pivot pin (left-side)
9 - Latch (left-side)
q Removing and installing → Chapter
10 - Left (1/3) section of backrest
q Removing and installing → Chapter
11 - Right (2/3) section of backrest
q without centre armrest
q Removing and installing → Chapter
12 - Pivot pin (right-side)




Right (2/3) section of backrest with centre armrest - exploded view of components
1 - Cup holder
q In centre armrest
q Removing and installing → Chapter
2 - Centre armrest
q Removing and installing → Chapter
3 - Belt buckle
4 - Bearing
q For backrest
5 - 55 Nm
6 - Three-point seat belt (rear)
7 - Backrest latch
q Removing and installing → Chapter
8 - 12 Nm
9 - Latch trim
q For backrest latch
q Removing and installing → Chapter
10 - Head restraint guide
11 - Head restraint guide
q With release tab
12 - Belt guide
q For three-point seat belt
q Removing and installing → Chapter
13 - Covering frame
q Cannot be removed without becoming damaged
14 - Right (2/3) section of backrest
q Removing and installing → Chapter
15 - Foam wedge
16 - Cover and padding
17 - Load-through hatch
q Removing and installing → Chapter
18 - 10 Nm
q With plastic ring
q Cannot be renewed as a separate unit
19 - Padding
q For centre armrest
q Removing and installing → Chapter




Removing and installing left (1/3) backrest section or right (2/3) backrest section

Removing
– Remove luggage compartment floor covering.
– Release retaining clips -arrows- at cover cap.

– Remove bolt -1- and detach retaining clip -2- in direction of -arrow-.
– Lift backrest out of mounting (centre).
– Pull backrest out of outer pivot pin towards centre of vehicle.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.





I hope this helps...

a3slinedaz said:

i can see why they want £65, ill be ******** if i can get that seat out as it says in the diagram!

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Its very easy after the 1st time you do it, after you have pulled up you do need to push it towards the rear of the car quite hard to clear the rear hooks or it can get tangled the wrong side of them.

a3slinedaz, i'll give you a tip...Its hard to explain but I got the hang of it!

Start from the back 2 corners, dig your hand under the back and push the seat 'backwards' (towards the boot) whilst pulling it up at the back corner. Do this for each corner then only the front 2 clips are holding it. I just yanked the seats out from these. hard. lol

Theres only 4 clips holding the seat down, the 2 back ones are like hooks, hence you need to push them back towards the boot whilst at the same time pulling up. Hope that helps!

a3slinedaz said:

hi people, does anyone know how i can take the back seat out of my a3? or at least lift it up as one of the kids has pushed a sweet down the back of the seat and now its rattling on the metal work underneath whenever i go round bends and its driving ME round the bend! just phoned audi and they said it'ld be £65!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to get one ****** skittle out!

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I've got one of those rattles but mine sounds like someone has left a socket in there. You can hear it rattle but when going slow over speed bumps I can hear it rolling backwards and forwards...MMmm might have to have a look under the back seat now...

a3slinedaz said:

thanks guys, ill give it another go. my fingers have recovered now from earlier lol

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You'll manage fine, just send the £65 to Ewan, paypal account number ................. LOL

mdre83 - please tell me how you get elsawin diagrams posted in the forum. I've tried many times but copy/paste, converting to pdf etc. which is the limit of my ability, does not work.

Thank you