Removing and installing luggage compartment cover: Audi A6/A7 C7
Step-by-step removing and installing luggage compartment cover for the Audi A6/A7 C7: 15 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: Audi A6/A7 C7 (4G, 2011–2018); platform code 4X
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- Secure motor for luggage compartment cover V473/V474 with bolts and nut, but do not tighten.
📋 Procedure
- Remove lining for luggage compartment cover .
- Remove breakdown set/spare wheel.
- Remove D-pillar trim panels .
- Unscrew bolts (1, 2 and 3) from guide rail (left and right).
- Unclip guide rail (4) from D-pillar (arrow).
- Unplug electrical connector (A).
- Remove bolts (1) and (3) and nut (2).
- Unclip Bowden cables for motor for luggage compartment cover V473/V474 from retainers.
- Take out motor for luggage compartment cover V473/V474.
- Secure motor for luggage compartment cover V473/V474 with bolts and nut, but do not tighten.
- Tighten bolts and nut in the sequence (1 ... 3) at motor for luggage compartment cover V473/V474.
- Plug in electrical connector (A).
- Tighten bolts in the sequence (1 ... 3) at guide rail (4) (left and right).
- Clip in Bowden cables for motor for luggage compartment cover V473/V474 at retainers.
- Adjust Bowden cables for motor for luggage compartment cover V473/V474.
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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.
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