51 44... Removing and installing front roofliner trim

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Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove CEILING LIGHT (FRONT) .

Unclip front roofliner trim (1) in direction of arrow.

Disconnect associated plug connections and remove front roofliner trim (1).

Fig 1: Disconnecting Associated Plug Connections

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IMPORTANT:

Disconnecting the plug connection for the hands-free microphone or emergency SOS call button results in fault memory entries in the telephone control unit (limitation in the emergency SOS call system).

After fitting, read out fault memory and if necessary delete entries.