Removing and installing headlight range control motor V48/V49 - vehicles from model year 2015 onwards — AUDI
Removing and installing headlight range control motor V48/V49 - vehicles from model year 2015 onwards on Audi: 12 steps.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A6/A7 C7 (4G, 2011–2018)
📋 Procedure
- Remove wheel.
- Remove front wheel housing liner General body repairs, exterior66Wheel housing liners; Removing and installing wheel housing liner (front).
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Detach housing cover (1) from headlight housing.
- If fitted, release fastener (2) and unplug electrical connector (3).
- Remove bolts (1, 5).
- Slide ball head of actuator shaft out of its mounting (3) by swivelling control motor (1) inwards (arrow).
- Remove control motor from headlight housing.
- Unplug electrical connector (4).
- Insert ball head of actuator shaft in mounting on reflector from the side; to do so, pull reflector to rear.
- Close housing cover and tighten bolts.
- Adjust headlights .
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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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