Removing and installing CD changer: Audi A6/A7 C7
Step-by-step removing and installing CD changer for the Audi A6/A7 C7: 11 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)
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- Insert two radio release tools T10057 into slots on CD changer R41(1) until they engage. Pointed ends of grips must face outwards.
📋 Procedure
- Open glove box.
- Take out any CD that is still in CD changer R41.
- Switch off ignition and all electrical equipment and remove ignition key.
- Insert two radio release tools T10057 into slots on CD changer R41(1) until they engage. Pointed ends of grips must face outwards.
- Pull CD changer R41 out of mounting frame.
- Release and unplug all connectors on CD changer R41.
- Fit protective cap for cable connectorVAS 6223/9(1) onto MOST bus connector (2).
- Press release tabs on CD changer R41 and remove radio release tools T10057.
- Installation is carried out in reverse sequence; note the following:
- Plug all connectors in.
- Slide CD changer R41 into mounting frame until it engages.
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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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