Removing and installing rear Climatronic operating and display unit E265 — AUDI
Removing and installing rear Climatronic operating and display unit E265 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 Q7 (4L, 2005–2015)
- Special tools named: VAS 5051
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- The rear Climatronic operating and display unit E265(B) is held in position in the centre console by way of the clips (C) (on the upper and lower side).
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition.
- Remove the rear centre console vent .
- Reach into the opening (A) and slide the rear Climatronic operating and display unit E265(B) out of the centre console. [Note: The rear Climatronic operating and display unit E265(B) is held in position in the centre console by way of the clips (C) (on the upper and lower side).]
- Release the fasteners of the connectors (E) to (G) by pressing the retainer tabs (D) and unplug the connectors.
- On vehicles with heated rear seats, release and unplug the connector for actuating the seat heating.
- Check the clips (C) at the rear Climatronic operating and display unit E265 .
- Re-install components in reverse order of removal.
- Interrogate the fault memory of the front operating and display unit, Climatronic control unit J255 and the rear Climatronic operating and display unit E265 and erase any faults displayed "Guided Fault Finding" function of vehicle diagnostic, testing and information system VAS 5051.
- Check the adaption of the rear Climatronic operating and display unit E265"Guided Fault Finding" function of vehicle diagnostic, testing and information system VAS 5051.
- Perform air conditioner basic setting (and if applicable final control diagnosis) "Guided Fault Finding" function of vehicle diagnostic, testing and information system VAS 5051.
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