Removing and installing centre armrest and ashtray (rear) — AUDI
Removing and installing centre armrest and ashtray (rear) on Audi: 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 A4 Cabriolet B6/B7 (8H)
📋 Procedure
- Remove rear ashtray (3).
- Loosen nut (2) in ashtray slot.
- Centre armrest with telephone: Unplug telephone connector.
- Take out centre armrest (1).
- Unclip cover (4).
- Disengage ashtray (rear) (3).
- If fitted, unclip mounting for seat heating switch (5).
- Take out ashtray (rear).
- Press retaining hooks (left and right) (arrow A) outwards and swivel mounting for switch towards rear (arrow B).
- Disengage mounting for switch at bottom of centre console (rear).
- Unplug electrical connectors.
- Unclip switches (1) and (2).
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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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