Removing and installing radio navigation system "“RNS 4010”" — AUDI
Removing and installing radio navigation system "“RNS 4010”" on Audi: 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: platform codes 2EA, 2ED, 2EH, 2EX, 2EB, 2EE, 2EK, 2FC, 2FF, 2FL, 2FZ, 2FG, 2FM
- Special tools named: locking bar
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- Depending on the equipment level, 2 connectors may be present.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and all electrical loads, and pull out ignition key.
- Remove any CDs left in the unit Operating manual.
- Using removal wedge3409, carefully lever out centre console cover in area of (arrow).
- Completely unclip cover (1).
- Release and pull off connector (arrow). [Note: Depending on the equipment level, 2 connectors may be present.]
- Unscrew 4 securing bolts (arrows) from radio navigation system.
- Pull radio navigation system out of installation slot until connectors at rear of unit become accessible.
- Pull off connectors of aerial wire (arrows).
- Press together connector locking mechanism in direction of (arrows).
- Swivel locking bar in direction of (arrow) while simultaneously pulling out connector.
- Connect and engage connectors on radio navigation system.
- ⚠ Risk of damage to display and operating keys!When inserting the radio navigation system into the installation slot by pressing against the display or operating keys, the unit could become damaged.When inserting the radio navigation system never press against the display or operating keys. — Push radio navigation system in a straight line into installation slot in dash panel.
- Install 4 securing bolts (arrows).
- Install centre console cover.
- Check coding of radio navigation system and re-code if necessary .
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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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