Removing and installing light switch — AUDI
Removing and installing light switch 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 2EA, 2ED, 2EH, 2EX, 2EB, 2EE, 2EK, 2FC, 2FF, 2FL, 2FZ, 2FG, 2FM
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and all electrical loads, and pull out ignition key.
- Turn rotary knob part of light switch to "“0”".
- Unscrew securing bolt (arrow) from left trim under dash panel.
- Unscrew securing bolts (arrows) from trim.
- Remove left A-pillar trim General body repairs, interior70Trims, insulation; Pillar and side panel trims; Removing and installing A-pillar trim.
- Unscrew securing bolt (arrow) at top of trim.
- Pull out trim completely, along with installed light switch in (direction of arrow) as far as the wiring allows.
- Release and disconnect connectors (1) and (2).
- Unclip air duct (arrows).
- Unscrew securing bolts (arrows) and remove light switch E1.
- Perform functional check of lighting system.
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Who makes these pages, and how
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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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