Connecting vehicle diagnostic, testing and information systemVAS 5051A and selecting functions — AUDI
Connecting vehicle diagnostic, testing and information systemVAS 5051A and selecting functions on Audi: 13 steps.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A4 Cabriolet B6/B7 (8H), Audi A4 B6/B7 (8E)
- Special tools named: VAS 5051/1, VAS 5051/3
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ Test equipment must always be secured to the rear seat when road-testing the vehicle.While the vehicle is moving this equipment must be operated by a second person; NOT by the driver. — Plug in connector of diagnosis cable VAS 5051/1 or VAS 5051/3 at diagnostic connection (arrow).
- Switch on the tester (arrow).
- Switch on ignition.
- Touch the Guided Fault Finding button on the display screen.
- Select the following:
- Confirm the entered information.
- Press the Go to button and select the option "“Function/component selection”".
- Select "“Running gear”" on the display.
- Select "“Brake system”" on the display.
- Select "“01 - Self-diagnosis compatible systems”".
- Select "“Anti-lock brake system”" on the display.
- Select "“Function”" on the display.
- Select the function you require on the display.
Other AUDI procedures
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- Removing engine – Audi A8 D3 · 41 torque figures
- Removing camshaft timing chain from camshafts – Audi A6/A7 C7 · 38 torque figures
- Installing engine – Audi A8 D4 · 36 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft timing chain · 29 torque figures
- Renewing bevel box output flange oil seal
- Removing and installing rear bonded rubber mounting
- Checking constant velocity joint
- Checking fuel tank breather, engine codes BDL, BKK
- Removing and installing alternator, vehicles with TDI engine
Who makes these pages, and how
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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