Removing and installing mirror adjustment switch - Sportback — AUDI
Removing and installing mirror adjustment switch - Sportback on Audi: 10 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 A3 (8P, 2003–2012)
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- When installing, make sure symbol panel is inserted before mirror adjustment switch.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and take out ignition key.
- Remove door trim (front) 70.
- Detach insulating mat from door trim.
- Unscrew bolts (arrows) and detach armrest.
- Release retaining clip (arrow) and remove trim (1).
- Unplug electrical connectors (1) and (2).
- Use small screwdriver to carefully release retaining hooks (arrows).
- Pull mirror adjustment switch (1) downwards out of switch mounting. [Note: When installing, make sure symbol panel is inserted before mirror adjustment switch.]
- Press mirror adjustment switch into switch mounting until retaining hooks engage.
- Install door trim (front) 70.
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