Assembly overview - steering column switch — AUDI
Assembly overview - steering column switch on Audi: 14 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 2DA, 2DB, 2DC, 2DD, 2DE, 2DF, 2DG, 2DH, 2DK, 2DL, 2DM
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- To prevent twisting, the securing bolts are not to be removed from the coil connector.
- On installation, the turn signal switch must be moved to the neutral position to avoid damaging the cancelling pin when fitting the steering wheel.
📋 Procedure
- Remove airbag Body69Airbag.
- Remove steering wheel Running gear48Assembly overview - steering column and steering wheel.
- Remove securing bolts (arrows). [Note: To prevent twisting, the securing bolts are not to be removed from the coil connector.]
- Disconnect connectors (arrows).
- Detach coil connector from steering column.
- Remove cross-head bolts (arrows).
- Detach trim of steering column switch (1).
- Remove relay plate with fuse carrier .
- Remove coil connector , .
- Remove cross-head bolts (3).
- Detach steering column switch (1) from steering column (2). [Note: On installation, the turn signal switch must be moved to the neutral position to avoid damaging the cancelling pin when fitting the steering wheel.]
- Remove airbag Body69Airbag.
- Pull connectors (1) and (2) off contact plate.
- Remove Allen head bolts (arrows).
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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