Removing and installing left dash panel facing trim — AUDI
Removing and installing left dash panel facing trim on Audi: 11 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: platform codes S1, 2H
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- For installation and removal without replacement of parts, only the connectors have to be detached.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition.
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- Unclip and remove diagnosis connector mounting (2) from the left dash panel trim (1).
- Remove bolt (3).
- Pull left dash panel facing trim (1) out of dash panel from below in (direction of arrow). [Note: For installation and removal without replacement of parts, only the connectors have to be detached.]
- Guide left dash panel facing trim (1) into the openings in the dash panel from below, push it in until it is clipped into place and then screw in the screws underneath.
- Tighten bolt (5).
- Clip diagnosis connector mounting (4) into the left dash panel trim (1).
- Install light switch (3)Electrical system96Removing and installing light switch.
- Install headlight range control regulator together with switch and instrument illumination regulator (2)Electrical system96Removing and installing headlight range control regulator together with switch and instrument illumination regulator.
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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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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