Removing and installing radio system "“RCD 310”" — AUDI
Removing and installing radio system "“RCD 310”" on Audi: 19 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: VW Transporter T5 (7H), VW Transporter T6 (7E), VW Transporter T6 (7F)
- Special tools named: T10057, locking bar
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- The number and the fitting locations of connectors on the unit can vary according to the different radios or radio/navigation systems.
- The number of connectors on the unit can vary according to the different radio or radio navigation systems.
📋 Procedure
- Remove any CDs left in the unit Operating manual.
- Switch off ignition and all electrical loads, and pull out ignition key.
- Slide radio release tools T10057 into release slots (arrows) until they engage.
- Using the grip rings of the release tools, pull radio out of dash panel (arrow) until connectors at rear are accessible.
- Unclip storage compartment (1) above radio.
- Unscrew the 2 securing bolts (1).
- First carefully unclip cover (2) at top and then at bottom using removal wedge3409.
- Remove cover (2).
- Unscrew the 4 securing bolts (arrows) from radio system.
- Pull radio system out of installation slot until connectors at rear are accessible. [Note: The number and the fitting locations of connectors on the unit can vary according to the different radios or radio/navigation systems.]
- Press locking mechanism of connector together in (direction of arrow).
- Swing locking bar up in (direction of arrow) and pull out connector.
- Release and disconnect connectors (arrows) from aerial connections. [Note: The number of connectors on the unit can vary according to the different radio or radio navigation systems.]
- Connect connectors to radio and engage them.
- ⚠ Risk of damage to display and operating keys!When inserting the radio system into the installation slot by pressing against the display or operating keys, the unit could become damaged.When inserting the radio system never press against the display or operating keys. — Slide radio system straight into dash panel.
- Screw in and tighten the 4 securing bolts (arrows).
- Install centre console cover.
- If necessary, deactivate anti-theft coding .
- Check coding of radio 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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