Removing and installing panel with cigarette lighter and cover — AUDI
Removing and installing panel with cigarette lighter and cover 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: Audi A3 (8P, 2003–2012)
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- Make sure connector (4) is plugged in opposite direction of travel.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off all electrical equipment.
- Remove ignition key.
- Remove function selection switch 2E272(item 6)91.
- Remove centre console .
- Unplug electrical connector at cigarette lighter.
- Turn centre console upside down.
- Release connector (4) from U-clip.
- Unscrew bolts (5).
- Take panel with cigarette lighter and cover (3) out of centre console (1).
- Make sure connector (4) is plugged in opposite direction of travel.
- Secure connector (4) in position in centre console with U-clip (2).
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