Removing and installing headlight housing - vehicles up to model year 2014 — AUDI
Removing and installing headlight housing - vehicles up to model year 2014 on Audi: 10 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 A1 (8X, 2010–2018)
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- Do not flash the headlights.
- When inserting headlight housing (3) in brackets (1, 2), make sure that mountings on headlight housing engage in guide rails on brackets (arrows).
- When inserting headlight (4), breather (3) for headlight housing must be pushed evenly onto mounting (2) for breather hose (1).
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ High voltage! Danger to life!Ensure that any part of the gas discharge headlights marked with yellow high-voltage warning symbols are de-energised when you are working on them. Switch off ignition and all electrical equipment and remove ignition key. Do not flash the headlights. — Turn light switch to position "“0”".
- Switch off ignition and all electrical equipment and remove ignition key.
- Do not flash the headlights.
- Unscrew locking bolt (4) from bracket (5).
- Slacken off bolt (3) three turns.
- Unplug electrical connector (2).
- Pull headlight housing (1) forwards out of guide rails on bracket.
- When inserting headlight housing (3) in brackets (1, 2), make sure that mountings on headlight housing engage in guide rails on brackets (arrows).
- When inserting headlight (4), breather (3) for headlight housing must be pushed evenly onto mounting (2) for breather hose (1).
- Tighten locking bolts (1, 3) and bolt (2).
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