Removing and installing charging socket: Audi A3 (CJZA, CMBA, CPTA, CSSA, …)
Step-by-step removing and installing charging socket for the Audi A3: 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 A3 (8V, 2012–2020); platform code 85
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ High voltage can cause fatal injury.Danger of severe or fatal injuries from electric shock.The high-voltage system must be de-energised by a suitably qualified person (an Audi high-voltage technician). — De-energise high-voltage system .
- Remove engine cover panel .
- Release hose clip (1) and detach air hose.
- Remove bolt (2) on both sides.
- Unclip air duct at lock carrier and detach.
- Remove bumper cover (front) General body repairs, exterior63Bumper (front); Removing and installing bumper cover.
- Release fasteners and detach guide (4).
- Move wiring harness (1) clear at lock carrier.
- Disconnect high-voltage wire (2) from charging unit 1 for high-voltage batteryAX4(item 3).
- Pull out locking element (3)(arrow A) to unplug electrical connector.
- Press release tab (4) in direction of (arrow B) and pull connector (1) approx. 5 mm to next release level.
- Press release catch (5) in direction of (arrow D) and pull connector off connector mounting (2)(arrow C).
- Unplug electrical connector (2).
- Fold cover (1) to one side.
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Move potential equalisation line (5) to one side.
- Detach mounting (3) with socket (4) and guide wiring harness out between radiator and impact bar.
- ⚠ High voltage can cause fatal injury.Danger of severe or fatal injuries from electric shock.The high-voltage system must be re-energised by a suitably qualified person (an Audi high-voltage technician). — Re-energise high-voltage system .
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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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