Removing and installing convenience system central control unit J393 - Avant — AUDI
Removing and installing convenience system central control unit J393 - Avant 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
- If control unit is renewed, select "“Replacement”" function for appropriate control unit in "“Guided Fault Finding”" or "“Guided Functions”".
- Remove luggage compartment side trim (right-side) General body repairs, interior70Luggage compartment trim panels; Removing and installing luggage compartment side trim.
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Detach bracket for backrest remote release lever (1).
- Release retaining tabs (3)(arrows A) and take convenience system central control unit J393(item 2) out of retaining frame (1)(arrow B).
- Unplug electrical connectors (1 and 3).
- Carefully remove fuse (6) and unplug aerial connector (7).
- Unplug electrical connectors (2, 4, 5).
- To unplug electrical connector, press catch (1), turn retainer in direction of (arrow) and unplug connector.
- Install bracket for backrest remote release lever General body repairs, interior72Rear seats; Exploded view - locking mechanism.
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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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