Upper B-Pillar Trim

Upper B-Pillar Trim

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Removal Wedge (3409)

• Removal and installation are same for right and left.

Removing







Follow all safety precautions when working on pyrotechnic components.

- Press belt height adjuster button and bring height adjuster slide into lowest position.

- Unclip the upper B-pillar trim - 2 - - arrows A - by inserting the (3409) into the lower edge of the trim.

- Remove the upper B-pillar trim from the bracket on the body - arrow B - by moving the trim toward the inside and pulling it downward at the same time.

- Remove the front belt anchor. Refer to => [ Front Belt Anchor ] Front Belt Anchor.

- Guide the belt webbing with seat belt latch - 1 - out through the slide for the seat belt height adjuster - 3 - and then remove the upper B-pillar trim.

Installation


• Follow all safety precautions when working on pyrotechnic components.

• Do not pinch the head curtain airbag when installing the B-pillar trim.

- Guide the belt webbing and seat belt latch - 2 - in through the slide for the seat belt height adjuster.






• Ensure that the seat belt height adjuster is in the bottom-most position.

- Make sure the mount - 3 - for the sliding piece for the upper B-pillar trim - 1 - is securely latched into the retaining pins - 4 - on the seat belt height adjuster.

Further installation is performed in reverse sequence of removal, but observe the following:

- Install the front belt anchor. Refer to => [ Front Belt Anchor ] Front Belt Anchor.

- First install the B-pillar trim upward into the cut-out in the headliner and into the bracket.

- Stretch the door seal rubber lips over the trim.

- Check the seat belt height adjuster function. Refer to => [ When checking function, following
conditions must be fulfilled: ] Belt Height Adjuster.