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Removing and installing headlight dipped beam bulb M29/M31, LED headlight — AUDI

Removing and installing headlight dipped beam bulb M29/M31, LED headlight on Audi: 13 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.

13 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes SF, SG

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  • Work on the LED module must be performed only at an ESD workplace. — Remove headlight .
  • Insert LED module and, when doing this, ensure that centring pins on LED module are correctly positioned in mountings (arrows).
  • Risk of damage to the headlight.Make sure the housing cover is correctly seated when installing. The ingress of water will lead to permanent damage to the headlight. — Position new housing cover (1) onto headlight.

📋 Procedure

  1. ⚠ Work on the LED module must be performed only at an ESD workplace. — Remove headlight .
  2. Using a hammer, carefully detach housing cover (1) around engineered break line (2). Preferably, strike on the corners of the cover when doing this to prevent it from breaking.
  3. Remove housing cover (1) from headlight.
  4. Disconnect electrical connector (2).
  5. Unscrew three securing bolts (arrows) of LED module.
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  1. Guide main beam LED module (1) backwards out of headlight.
  2. Insert LED module and, when doing this, ensure that centring pins on LED module are correctly positioned in mountings (arrows).
  3. Connect connector.
  4. ⚠ Risk of damage to the headlight.Make sure the housing cover is correctly seated when installing. The ingress of water will lead to permanent damage to the headlight. — Position new housing cover (1) onto headlight.
  5. Screw in and tighten bolts (arrows).
  6. Calibrate LED modules .
  7. Test functionality.
  8. Check headlight setting and adjust headlight if necessary 20.1Descriptions of work

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.