Audi Q7: Passenger Occupant Detection System
Component Location Overview - Passenger Occupant Detection System
Note
For the passenger occupant detection system the heating element is
used.
![Component Location Overview - Passenger Occupant Detection System](images/books/3007/audi_q7_passenger_occupant_detection_system_1029.webp)
1 - Wiring Harness
- For the seat heating element with passenger occupant detection
system
- Clipped in the seat frame.
- Connector station in the vehicle floor under on the seat.
- Removing and installing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Passenger Occupant Detection System, Removing and Installing".
2 - Nut
3 - Front Passenger Occupant Detection Sensor -G128-
- For the passenger occupant detection system the heating element is
used.
- Depending on the seat version, the Front Passenger Occupant
Detection Sensor -G128- is either sewn into the cover with the seat
heating element, or bonded onto the cushion
- Removing and Installing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Passenger Occupant Detection System, Removing and Installing".
4 - Front Passenger Seat Position Sensor -G554-
- Driver seat: Driver Seat Position Sensor -G553-
- Removing and installing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Seat Position Sensor, Removing and Installing".
5 - Screw
- Tightening specification. Refer to Item-7-
6 - Wiring Harness
- For the seat position sensor/belt latch detection/seat belt switch
- Clipped in the seat frame.
- Connector station in the vehicle floor under on the seat.
- Removing and installing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Seat Position Sensor, Removing and Installing".
7 - Passenger Occupant Detection System Control Module -J706-
- Removing and installing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Passenger Occupant Detection System, Removing and Installing".
Passenger Occupant Detection System, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
- Pry Lever -80-200-
- Engine/Transmission Holder - Seat Repair Fixture -VAS6136-
Note
- The passenger occupant detection system is only installed in
the passenger seat.
- The service kit for the passenger occupant detection system
must always be installed completely.
- This means that the corresponding components Passenger
Occupant Detection System Control Module -J706- and Front
Passenger Occupant Detection Sensor -G128- from the service kit
for the passenger occupant detection system must be installed.
- Exchanging of a component Passenger Occupant Detection
System Control Module -J706- or Front Passenger Occupant
Detection Sensor -G128- with another vehicle is not permitted.
- The parts of the service kit is different depending on the
seat version. Refer to the Parts Catalog.
Removing
WARNING
- Follow all safety precautions when working on
pyrotechnic components. Refer to
→ Chapter "Safety Precautions for Pyrotechnic
Components".
- Before handling airbag units (for example,
disconnecting the connector), the person handling it
must "discharge static electricity". This can be done by
briefly touching the door striker pin, for example.
- Remove the front passenger seat. Refer to
→ Chapter "Front Seat, Removing and Installing".
- Fasten the front seat on the -VAS6136-. Refer to
→ Chapter "Front Seat, Mounting on Fixture for Seat Repair".
- Remove the backrest. Refer to
→ Chapter "Front Backrest, Removing and Installing".
- Release the control module from the catches
-arrow-.
- Disengage the control module -1-
from the bracket.
- Disconnect the connectors -2 and 3-
from the control module by pressing the release.
- Free up the wire.
- Remove the control module for seat functions. Refer to
→ Chapter "Seat Functions Control Module, Removing and
Installing".
- If equipped, remove the compressor from the pneumatic seat.
Refer to
→ Chapter "Pneumatic Seat Compressor, Removing and Installing".
- Remove the bracket for the front trim. Refer to
→ Chapter "Front Seat Trim Bracket, Removing and Installing".
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- Disconnect modular wiring routing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Modular Wiring Routing, Disconnecting and Connecting".
- Open the corrugated tube and free up the wire.
- Remove the nut -arrow- and free
up the wire.
- Disconnect the connectors -1, 3 and 4-.
- Unclip and free up the wiring harness from the seat pan.
- Remove seat cover -2- with seat
cushion for seat pan. Refer to
→ Chapter "Seat Pan Cover and Cushion, Removing and Installing".
- If necessary separate the seat cover from the seat cushion.
Refer to
→ Chapter "Seat Pan Cover and Cushion, Separating".
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Installing
WARNING
- Follow all safety precautions when working on
pyrotechnic components. Refer to
→ Chapter "Safety Precautions for Pyrotechnic
Components".
- Before handling pyrotechnic components (for example,
connecting the connector), the person handling it must
"discharge static electricity". This can be done by
briefly touching the door striker pin, for example.
- Observe all measures when installing the front seat.
Refer to
→ Chapter "Front Seat, Removing and Installing".
Install in reverse order of removal and note the following:
Note
Make sure the connectors are installed all the way and
engage audibly.
When installing a new service kit perform the basic setting
of the passenger occupant detection system control module. Refer
to
→ Chapter "Passenger Occupant Detection System Deactivation
Additional Safety Precautions, Market-Specific".
- Select "airbag" in "Guided Fault Finding" to complete see
Vehicle Diagnostic Tester.
- Passenger Occupant Detection System Control Module -J706-,
basic setting
Note
If the Airbag Indicator Lamp -K75- signals a fault after
installing, check the DTC memory, erase it and check it again
use the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester.
Installation notes, for example tightening specifications,
replacing components. Refer to
→ Chapter "Component Location Overview - Passenger Occupant
Detection System".
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Passenger Side Pedestrian Protection Crash Sensor 2 -G852-
Unit with pressure hose
Component location: in the molded f
Removing
- Remove the front bumper cover. Refer to
→ Body Exterior; Rep. Gr.63; Front Bumper; Bumper Cover,
Removing and Installing.
- Remove the bolt -1-, and remove
the
Removing
WARNING
Follow all safety precautions when working on
pyrotechnic components. Refer to
→ Chapter "Safety Precautions for Pyrotechnic
Components".
- Disconnect the batt
SEE MORE:
The tachometer (2) displays the engine
speed in revolutions per minute (RPM). The beginning
of the red zone in the tachometer indicates
the maximum permissible engine speed for
all gears once the engine has been broken in. Before
reaching the red zone, you should shift into
the next higher gear, sel
1 - Front Thorax Airbag
Driver side: with the Driver Thorax Airbag Igniter -N199-
Front passenger side: with Front Passenger Thorax Airbag Igniter
-N200-
WARNING
Follow all safety precautions when working on pyrotechnic
components. Refer to
→ Chapter "Safety Precau