Make sure you disconnect the battery and wait for at least 15-30 minutes before you remove the seats to avoid getting the air bag light in the dash.
Slide the seat back to reveal the front nuts.
You will see black plastic caps to cover them.
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Remove the caps
remove the nuts
What do you do if power seat doesn’t track forward enough to access bolts. Is there a removable stop somewhere? A special tool?
slide the seat forward to reveal the bolts in the back.
lean the seat back to see the connecting cables underneath
disconnect the grommet holding the wires out of the way
disconnect all the cables and take the seat out.
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Good post. I would add to mark the cables as a couple seem to be interchangeable IIRC. Also need to engage/disengage the seat belt tensioner…here’s a pic. Turn screw CW, indicator turns red (deactivated). When reinstalling ,turn screw CCW, indicator turns green (activated)
I always just unplug the cords under the seats, ive taken my seats out two or three times and never had a problem with the airbag light comiing on.
my power seat won’t go far enough forward to reveal rear bolts. any clue? thanks.
Just don’t turn on the ignition
I want your seats
I don’t understand about the seat belt tensioner. I have never done anything with this and I have removed a bunch of seats….can you explain why this is necessary?
Its really only necessary if you will be taking the seats apart or working on them…I’ve only taken seats out for that purpose. Not knowing why someone would be using your DIY to remove their seats I just threw it in. Takes two seconds and provides safety against the belt tensioning.
Oh cool. Yeah I need to disassemble my seats so I will be sure to disengage that.
good thread old school, this is really no more then a 30 minute swap with the right tools.
So You need not disarm the seat belt tensioner if You’re just taking the seat out???
Not really, but I would.
Do you really need a write up on this.
I would say if you do, you shouldn’t be working on your car.
u beat me to it bud
This from a guy who greatest contribution to this forum has been "I need this "BMW M Power" sticker"
Of course we do. The more information, the better. Not everyone is as competent as you at DIY stuff. It sure helped me.
The thing is it really can’t hurt. So why not?
I can’t find a screw or an indicator on mine….95 M3 vaders….any suggestions?
Socket size would help too!
16mm –and this will work on the nuts for the backseat belt anchors as well
I regularly take out my passenger seat and back seat for trips to the drag strip –and that alone is enough to put racing seats at the top of my ‘to do’ list. Power seats are heavy
Ok so I skipped step #1, so now how do I get the airbag light to turn off ?