Removing and installing brake light switch: Audi Q5
Step-by-step removing and installing brake light switch for the Audi Q5: 12 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 Q5 (8R, 2008–2017); platform code 83
📋 Procedure
- Remove dash panel cover (driver side) Interior equipment68Shelves/trim panels; Removing and installing dash panel cover (driver side).
- Unplug electrical connector (2) at brake light switchF.
- Press plunger (1) of brake light switch fully in with one finger (arrow A).
- To release brake light switch, turn catch (3) fully anti-clockwise (arrows B) while keeping plunger pressed in.
- Let go of plunger when brake light switch is released.
- Insert release tool T40168 A between brake pedal and plunger of brake light switch as shown in illustration.
- Press release tool T40168 A against brake light switch. This simultaneously releases the three retainer tabs on the brake light switch.
- Pull brake light switchF(item 3) out of mounting (2).
- Insert brake light switchF into mounting (1) on brake pedal.
- To lock brake light switch, turn catch (2) fully clockwise (arrows).
- Remove footwell vent 87Air duct system; Removing and installing footwell vent (driver side).
- Install footwell vent 87Air duct system; Removing and installing footwell vent (driver side).
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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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