Removing and installing grab handle (left-side/right-side) — AUDI
Removing and installing grab handle (left-side/right-side) on Audi: 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 A3 (8P, 2003–2012)
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- Make sure omega clips are installed in correct position for clipping on cover for selector mechanism .
- Before installing storage compartment cover (front) / storage compartment trim, fit grab handles (3) and (6).
📋 Procedure
- Remove storage compartment cover (front) Removing and installing storage compartment - version 1, smoker vehicle - trim for storage compartment, storage compartment cover (front), storage compartment cover panel and ashtray (front), Removing and installing storage compartment - version 1, non-smoker vehicle - trim for storage compartment, storage compartment cover (front) and lining mat, Removing and installing storage compartment - version 2, smoker vehicle - frame for storage compartment cover panel, storage compartment cover (front) and ashtray (front).
- Remove storage compartment trim Removing and installing storage compartment - version 2, non-smoker vehicle - trim for storage compartment and lining mat.
- Remove cover with gear lever boot .
- Version I: Remove cover for selector lever .
- Version II: Remove selector lever boot and cover .
- Remove bolt (2).
- Remove bolts (4) and (5).
- Remove grab handle (3) or (6).
- Adhere to correct sequence for fitting bolts:
- First tighten bolt (2), then bolt (4) and finally bolt (5) to specified torque.
- Make sure omega clips are installed in correct position for clipping on cover for selector mechanism .
- Before installing storage compartment cover (front) / storage compartment trim, fit grab handles (3) and (6).
- Open ashtray in centre console.
- Lift off cover (1) with gear lever boot (2).
- Open ashtray in centre console.
- Lift off cover for selector lever (arrows).
- Unclip selector lever boot (1) on both sides and lift it off (arrows).
- Reach into the opening and lift off the cover (1)(arrows).
- Unplug electrical connector.
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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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