Removing and installing display unit J145: Audi Q7
Step-by-step removing and installing display unit J145 for the Audi Q7: 19 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 Q7 (4L, 2005–2015)
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- Slide display unit J145 into display mounting and make sure it engages in its correct position (arrows).
- Make sure trim (1) is correctly guided in groove (arrow) at display unit J145.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and all electrical equipment and remove ignition key.
- Use removal wedge3409 to pry interior light trim (1) out of front interior light W1 starting at front corner.
- Detach control panel (2) and chrome frame (3).
- Carefully pry out frame for display with switch (1) downwards in direction of (arrow).
- Unplug connector (1) at button for camera in exterior mirror E697(2).
- Detach frame for display with switch.
- Unplug connectors (2) and (3) on reverse side of display unit J145(1).
- Pry display trim (1) off display unit J145(2) in direction of (arrow).
- Unscrew bolts (arrows) at display mounting (2) and remove together with display unit J145(2) from front interior light W1(1).
- Unscrew bolts (arrows).
- Press display unit J145 out of display mounting towards front.
- Slide display unit J145 into display mounting and make sure it engages in its correct position (arrows).
- Screw in bolts (arrows), taking care to keep them straight.
- Guide in display mounting (2) at bolts (arrows) in front interior light W1 and tighten bolts.
- Press display trim (1) onto display unit J145(2) in its correct position (arrows).
- Plug in connector at button for camera in exterior mirror E697.
- Slide frame for display with switch (1) onto display unit J145 and front interior light W1(2).
- Make sure trim (1) is correctly guided in groove (arrow) at display unit J145.
- Perform further installation in reverse sequence.
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