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Work Procedure Measure A:
1. Disconnect battery.
Caution!
Danger of injury by airbag/side airbag when the power supply is interrupted. Assembly work can trigger the airbag unintentionally!
> Begin further work on the vehicle only after a waiting time of 1 minute.
2. Remove both seats; refer to the Boxster Technical Manual, Group 7, Repairs, 72 0119 - Removing and installing front seat.
3. Work on the "seat" plug connection (disconnection points X16 and X17 on the circuit diagram). The existing tin-plated contact springs must
be replaced by gold-plated and greased springs on the driver's side plug of the "seat" plug connection.
Connector X16 = driver's side,
Connector X17 = passenger's side.
3.1 Unwrap the banding of the driver's side wiring harness according to the new leads which are to be installed.
3.2 Open the vehicle-side plug. To do this, lever out the plug cap (Fig. 1, arrow A) at the pivot point using a small flat screwdriver. Then lift
the blue bar (arrow B) with the screwdriver and pull it out of the plug.
3.3 Carefully remove the movable side of the plug (arrow C), and pull the plug housing out (arrow D).
3.4 Work on the leads/contact springs in the plug (arrow D).
Caution!
Possibility of mixing up the leads!
> Complete only one lead at a time.
> Work on the leads/contact springs in sockets B5, B6, B7 and B8 on the driver's side. On the passenger's side, work on only those