Removing and installing headlight dipped beam bulb M29/M31, halogen headlights - vehicles from model year 2012 onwards, USA vehicles from model year 2013 onwards — AUDI
Removing and installing headlight dipped beam bulb M29/M31, halogen headlights - vehicles from model year 2012 onwards, USA vehicles from model year 2013.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A5 (8T, 2007–2016)
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- Do not flash the headlights.
- Plug electrical connector in again and push new bulb beyond resistance of spring clips into housing; do not touch glass part of bulb with bare hands.
- Close housing cover (1) and make sure tab (3) and marks (2) on headlight housing align.
📋 Procedure
- Turn light switch to position "“0”".
- Switch off ignition and all electrical equipment and remove ignition key.
- Do not flash the headlights.
- Right-side: Remove air cleaner housing 23Air cleaner; Removing and installing air cleaner housing or 24Air cleaner; Removing and installing air cleaner housing.
- Pull housing cover (1) off headlight housing (arrow).
- Remove bulb (2) from spring clips (arrows).
- Unplug electrical connector (1) at bulb.
- Plug electrical connector in again and push new bulb beyond resistance of spring clips into housing; do not touch glass part of bulb with bare hands.
- Close housing cover (1) and make sure tab (3) and marks (2) on headlight housing align.
- Right-side: Install air cleaner housing 23Air cleaner; Removing and installing air cleaner housing or 24Air cleaner; Removing and installing air cleaner housing.
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 pulley, version "2" – Audi A8 D4 · 1 torque figures
- Removing and installing alternator - vehicles with 6.3 ltr. FSI engine
- Removing and installing rear cigarette lighter, 12 V socket U18/U19
- Removing and installing fuse holder FSF in luggage compartment - vehicles without high-voltage system from model year 2014 onwards
- Removing and installing backrest cover and padding - reclining seat
Who makes these pages, and how
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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