Removing and installing reversing camera R189 - Cabriolet — AUDI
Removing and installing reversing camera R189 - Cabriolet 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 A3 (8V, 2012–2020); platform code 85
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and all electrical equipment and remove ignition key.
- Remove rear lid trim General body repairs, interior70Luggage compartment trim panels; Exploded view - rear lid trim (bottom).
- Release and unplug connectors (1).
- Remove bolt (2).
- Unscrew nut (3).
- Detach retaining plate (4).
- Pull reversing camera R189(5) out of handle trim.
- Installation is carried out in reverse sequence; note the following:
- Close rear lid.
- Perform calibration .
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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.
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