Removing and installing headlight range control motor V48/V49 - halogen headlights up to model year 2012 — AUDI
Removing and installing headlight range control motor V48/V49 - halogen headlights up to model year 2012 on Audi: 14 steps.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi Q5 (8R, 2008–2017); platform code 83
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- Risk of injury and damage.Wear protective gloves and safety goggles.To prevent damage to electrical wiring in headlight housing, do not cut too deep. — Cut dummy cover (5) out of headlight housing using a sharp carpet knife.
📋 Procedure
- Remove headlight housing .
- ⚠ Risk of injury and damage.Wear protective gloves and safety goggles.To prevent damage to electrical wiring in headlight housing, do not cut too deep. — Cut dummy cover (5) out of headlight housing using a sharp carpet knife.
- Release retaining clip (2).
- Swivel housing cover (1) to the side and detach.
- Turn headlight range control motor (4).
- Press ball head of actuator shaft out of ball head mounting by swivelling control motor upwards.
- Remove control motor.
- Unplug electrical connector (3).
- When inserting, plug in electrical connector.
- Start by inserting ball head of actuator shaft in mounting on reflector from below; to do so, pull reflector to rear.
- Position bayonet connection of headlight range control motor on headlight housing and engage.
- Close opening in headlight with housing cover (1) from repair kit Electronic parts catalogue.
- Tighten bolts (arrows).
- Install headlight housing .
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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.
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