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Removing and installing headlight range control motor V48/V49 - halogen headlights — AUDI

Removing and installing headlight range control motor V48/V49 - halogen headlights on Audi: 11 steps.

Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.

11 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi Q3 (8U, 2011–2018); platform code 84

📋 Procedure

  1. Remove headlight housing .
  2. If fitted, remove bolts (1, 3).
  3. Release retaining tabs (arrows) and detach housing cover (2).
  4. Remove bolts (1, 4).
  5. Press ball head of actuator shaft upwards out of its mounting by swivelling control motor and take out headlight range control motor (3).
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  1. Remove control motor.
  2. Unplug electrical connector (2).
  3. When inserting, plug in electrical connector.
  4. Insert ball head of actuator shaft in mounting on reflector initially from below; to do so, pull reflector to rear.
  5. Tighten bolts.
  6. Install headlight housing .

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.