Removing and installing control unit for night vision system — AUDI
Removing and installing control unit for night vision system on Audi: 10 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
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and all electrical equipment and remove ignition key.
- Unbolt front seat (left-side) and move back with wiring connected General body repairs, interior72Front seats; Exploded view - front seat.
- Remove floor mat.
- Remove sill panel trim General body repairs, interior70Passenger compartment trim panels; Exploded view - sill panel trim.
- Remove foot rest General body repairs, interior70Passenger compartment trim panels; Exploded view - foot rest and floor covering.
- Disengage floor covering and push to side.
- Release clips in direction of (arrows).
- Open cover (1).
- Press retaining lug in direction of (arrow) and take control unit for night vision system J853(3) out of electronics box.
- Release and unplug connectors (1) and (2) from control unit for night vision system J853(3).
Other AUDI procedures
- Removing and installing toothed belt – Audi · 56 torque figures
- Removing engine – Audi A8 D3 · 41 torque figures
- Removing camshaft timing chain from camshafts – Audi A6/A7 C7 · 38 torque figures
- Installing engine – Audi A8 D4 · 36 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft timing chain · 29 torque figures
- Removing and installing sealing flange (front), engine code BVY, BVZ
- Removing and installing cylinder head cover - vehicles with engine codes AZV, BKD
- Removing and installing exhaust gas recirculation valve N18 with exhaust gas recirculation potentiometer G212
- Removing and installing door trim (rear) – Audi A8 D4
- Removing undamaged side window – Audi A4 B6/B7
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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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