Removing and installing relay carrier in front footwell (right-side) — AUDI
Removing and installing relay carrier in front footwell (right-side) on Audi: 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 D3 (4E, 2002–2010)
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- Exact assignment of contacts in relay carrier in front right footwell can be seen from appropriate current flow diagram .
📋 Procedure
- With ignition switched off, disconnect earth cable at battery .
- Remove glove box 68.
- Remove lower A-pillar trim 70.
- Fold back floor covering.
- Take out foot rest.
- Disconnect relay (1).
- Unscrew bolts (arrows) and detach relay carrier from bulkhead.
- Disconnect relays/fuses from relay carrier.
- Unclip fuse holders and relay carriers at relay carrier. [Note: Exact assignment of contacts in relay carrier in front right footwell can be seen from appropriate current flow diagram .]
- Install lower A-pillar trim 70.
- Install glove box 68.
- Connect battery. Steps required .
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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.
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