Removing and installing bumper cover - vehicles from model year 2015 onwards — AUDI
Removing and installing bumper cover - vehicles from model year 2015 onwards on Audi: 18 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 A6/A7 C7 (4G, 2011–2018); platform code 4X
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- Check all adjuster elements (2); it must be possible to turn adjuster nut (1) easily (arrows).
- Completely screw down adjuster nuts, but do not tighten.
- When tightening the bolt, the nuts of the adjuster element automatically turn towards the mounting point of the bumper cover to lock it in place.
📋 Procedure
- Remove bolts (5 and 6).
- Unscrew bolts (1, 2, 3) from side sections of bumper cover (4).
- Detach cover for luggage compartment side trim.
- Unplug electrical connector (1).
- Push grommet (2) through to the outside.
- Remove outer tail lights Electrical system94Tail light cluster; Removing and installing tail light cluster.
- Remove bolt (3).
- Pull out locating pin (1) upwards and release securing clip (2).
- Release retaining strip (1) from mounting at side (arrow A).
- Disengage side sections at side panel outwards (arrow B).
- Pull bumper cover (2) (centre) towards rear out of fasteners (arrow C).
- Guide electrical wiring harness out through body opening.
- Detach bumper cover and set it down on a soft surface.
- Check all adjuster elements (2); it must be possible to turn adjuster nut (1) easily (arrows).
- Completely screw down adjuster nuts, but do not tighten.
- Move bumper cover into installation position.
- Check gap widths .
- Tighten bolts. [Note: When tightening the bolt, the nuts of the adjuster element automatically turn towards the mounting point of the bumper cover to lock it in place.]
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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.
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