Removing and installing rear splash plate: Audi A8 D4
Step-by-step removing and installing rear splash plate for the Audi A8 D4: 12 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 A8 D4 (4H, 2010–2017)
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- The brake and the electromechanical parking brake must not be operated when the brake caliper has been detached. — Unscrew bolts (1) securing splash plate.
- Make sure that the electrical wiring is properly clipped into the brackets on the hub carrier and secured so that it cannot come loose.
📋 Procedure
- Position vehicle on lifting platform .
- Remove wheels.
- Remove rear brake disc .
- Use a suitable length of wire to tie up brake caliper with brake carrier on the body.
- ⚠ The brake and the electromechanical parking brake must not be operated when the brake caliper has been detached. — Unscrew bolts (1) securing splash plate.
- Detach splash plate (2).
- Fit splash plate (2).
- Fit bolts (1) and tighten.
- Install rear brake disc .
- Clip wiring into brackets on hub carrier. [Note: Make sure that the electrical wiring is properly clipped into the brackets on the hub carrier and secured so that it cannot come loose.]
- Fit wheels Audi A8 2010 ► Running gear, front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive44Tightening torque for wheel bolts.
- Lower vehicle. [Note: After installation, firmly depress the brake pedal several times with the vehicle stationary so that the brake pads are properly seated in their normal operating position.Make sure that the brakes work properly before the vehicle is driven on the road.]
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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.
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