Removing and installing operating and display unit for air conditioner/Climatronic -E87 (heating) — AUDI
Removing and installing operating and display unit for air conditioner/Climatronic -E87 (heating) on Audi: factory workshop procedure.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.
📋 Procedure
Removing and installing operating and display unit for air conditioner/Climatronic -E87 (heating) => Page
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Notes:
Pay attention to correct assignment when replacing operating and display unit:
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Vehicles with and without switch for heated seats feature different versions of operating and display unit for air conditioner/Climatronic -E87 (heating).
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Following installation, perform heating system basic setting in specified manner => Page
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If new -E87 (heating) has been installed and basic setting not performed, fault "Basic setting not performed" is stored in fault memory.
Vehicles with auxiliary heater fitted as optional extra are only to be equipped with operating and display units as of hardware/software version "XX12".
Functions selected are indicated by lighting of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the various -E87(heating) buttons.
With this -E87 (heating) version, switch for heated rear window and potentiometers for heated seats are integrated and cannot be replaced separately.
After replacing -E87 (heating) always:
Encode -E87 (heating) => Page
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Perform basic setting => Page
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Interrogate fault memory => Page
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On this vehicle, basic settings (e.g. country version, LHD/RHD) of operating and display unit for air conditioner/Climatronic -E87 (heating) are encoded by dash panel insert. Data are transferred via convenience data bus to -E87 (heating); currently valid code is displayed in measured value block => Page
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. Direct entry of code into -E87 (heating) is possible for certain equipment versions (e.g. heated windscreen or sun roof with solar cells).
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Electrical System
If, on vehicles equipped with an auxiliary heater, an operating and display unit for air conditioner/Climatronic -E87 with hardware/software version up to "XX14" is to be replaced by one with hardware/software version as of "XX15" (index "D" onwards), heed information on vehicles with auxiliary heater => Page
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As of Model Year 2003, operating and display units for air conditioner/Climatronic -E87 with part number as of index "D" (with hardware/software version as of "XX15") are gradually being introduced. With this -E87 version, the passenger compartment temperature regulation is designed to be somewhat cooler.
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Vehicles with 4-cyl. petrol direct injection engine (FSI) are only to be fitted with operating and display units for air conditioner/Climatronic -E87 with part number as of index "D".
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Removing and installing operating and display unit for air conditioner/Climatronic -E87 (heating)
Reach from underneath into centre console and release operating and display unit for air conditioner/Climatronic -E87 (heating) from centre console.
Notes:
Operating and display unit is held in position in centre console by means of 4 retainers -A-.
Should it prove impossible to take out -E87 (heating), remove radio.
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Radio, Telephone, Navigation
Reach through opening and push operating and display unit for air conditioner/Climatronic -E87 (heating) to rear out of centre console.
Release connectors -A- to -D- and -F- by squeezing retainer tabs and detach.
Screw out bolts -C-, slide trim panel -B- to right and detach from operating and display unit for air conditioner/Climatronic -E87 (heating) -A-.
Install in reverse order.
Note:
Pay attention to exact assignment when replacing operating and display unit (e.g. without or with heated seat switch).
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