Removing and installing front door trim, front passenger side — AUDI
Removing and installing front door trim, front passenger side on Audi: 17 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: VW Transporter T5 (7H), VW Transporter T5 (7J), VW Transporter T6 (7E), VW Transporter T6 (7F)
- Renewed: if necessary
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- Before installing, check retaining clips for damage and renew if necessary.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition.
- Using wedge T10039/1, lever trim (5) upwards out of door trim (1).
- Disconnect connectors from all installed controls Electrical system96Lights, bulbs, switches - interior; Anti-theft protection; Lights and controls in front doors.
- Unscrew bolts (4).
- Unscrew bolts (2) from below.
- Remove insert for storage compartment from door trim (1).
- Unscrew bolt (3).
- Using wedge T10039/1, lever door trim (1) out of mountings in vicinity of fastenings.
- Lift door trim (1) vertically upwards (arrows), and detach door trim from door.
- Pull locking element of Bowden cable retainer (6) outwards.
- Press Bowden cable retainer (6) towards rear (arrow A).
- Push Bowden cable retainer (6) outwards.
- Detach retainer from interior door handle (7).
- Detach Bowden cable (8) from interior door handle (7).
- Depending on vehicle equipment, disconnect wiring harness connectors from electrical components.
- Detach wiring harness from inner side of door trim (1).
- Remove door trim (1). [Note: Before installing, check retaining clips for damage and renew if necessary.]
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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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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