Basic setting for dynamic steering — AUDI
Basic setting for dynamic steering on Audi: 13 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: Audi A5 (8T, 2007–2016), Audi A5 Cabriolet (8F), Audi A4 B8 (8K, 2007–2015)
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- Disregard the steering wheel position!Only the display on the wheel alignment computer applies!
📋 Procedure
- Connect battery charger Electrical system27Battery; Charging battery.
- Connect up diagnostic tester.
- Select calibration procedure for dynamic steering system on wheel alignment computer.
- Attach quick-release clamps to all four wheels.
- Attach wheel alignment sensors to front and rear wheels.
- Carry out wheel rim runout compensation .
- Set front wheels to straight-ahead position when instructed to do so by wheel alignment computer. [Note: Disregard the steering wheel position!Only the display on the wheel alignment computer applies!]
- Switch on ignition.
- Select Guided Fault Finding mode.
- Press the Go to button, select the option "“Function/component selection”" and then select the following menu items:
- Select Diagnosis mode and start the diagnosis.
- Select Test plan tab.
- Press Select own test button and then select the following menu items:
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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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