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971519 Removing and Installing Front Wire Harness


WM 971519 Removing and installing front wire harness

Preliminary work

1. Remove front apron. -> 631519 Removing and installing front apron - section on "Removing"

Removing front wire harness





Installation position of front wire harness

1. Unclip plug connections on the front apron at the right.
1.1. Unclip plug connections -1 and 2- on the front apron -arrows A-.
1.2. Unclip front wire harness -4- at the line bracket -3- ( -arrow B- ).





Unclipping plug connections on front apron

2. Release connector -1- ( -arrow A- ) and pull it off the fog light -2- at the left and right -arrow B-.





Pulling off connector on fog light

3. Disconnect plug connections for front direction indicator at the left and right.
3.1. Release connectors for direction indicator light and parking light -1 and 2- ( -arrows A- ) and pull them off the front direction indicator -3- ( -arrows B- ).
3.2. Unclip wire harness -4- ( -arrow C- ).





Disconnecting plug connections for front direction indicator

4. Take front wire harness -1- out of the air grille holders at the left and right -arrows-.





Removing front wire harness from air grille

5. Unclip front wire harness -1- at the left and right -arrows- and cut tie-wraps -2-.





Unclipping front wire harness at sides

6. Unclip front wire harness -1- in the middle -arrows- and cut tie-wraps -2-.





Unclipping wire harness

7. Pull off connector on sensors for ParkAssist.
7.1. Release clips -arrows A- and remove sensor for ParkAssist -1- ( -arrow B- ).
7.2. Release connector -2- ( -arrow C- ) and pull it off the sensor for ParkAssist -1- ( -arrow D- ).





Pulling off connector on sensor for ParkAssist

8. Remove front wire harness.

Installing front wire harness

1. Plug in connector on sensor for ParkAssist.
1.1. Plug in connector -2- on sensor for ParkAssist -1- ( -arrow A- ) until the connector -2- engages securely.
1.2. Press sensor for ParkAssist -1- into the mounting -arrow B- until the clips engage securely.





Plugging in connector on sensor for ParkAssist

2. Clip in front wire harness -1- in the middle -arrows- and secure with new tie-wraps -2-.





Clipping in wire harness

3. Clip in front wire harness -1- at the left and right -arrows- and secure with new tie-wraps -2-.





Clipping in front wire harness at the sides

4. Insert front wire harness -1- into the air grille holders at the left and right -arrows-.





Inserting front wire harness into air grille

5. Connect plug connections for front direction indicator at the left and right.
5.1. Clip in wire harness -4- ( -arrow A- ).
5.2. Connect connectors for the direction indicator light and parking light -1 and 2- to the front direction indicator -3- ( -arrows B- ) until the connectors engage securely.





Connecting plug connections for front direction indicator

6. Push connector -1- onto the fog light -2- at the left and right -arrow- until the connector engages securely.





Pushing connector onto fog light

7. Clip front wire harness into the front apron at the right.
7.1. Clip front wire harness -4- and line bracket -3- into the front apron -arrow A-.
7.2. Clip plug connections -1 and 2- into the front apron -arrows B-.





Clipping front wire harness into front apron on right

Subsequent work

1. Install front apron. -> 631519 Removing and installing front apron - section on "Installing"