Removing and installing sliding door with electrical controls — AUDI
Removing and installing sliding door with electrical controls on Audi: 8 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
This is removal of a powered sliding door on the platform codes listed below. Unlike a manual door, the electric drive has to be deactivated first with the button in the dash panel, otherwise the door may move while you are working on it. With the door closed, the hinge fitting cover is unclipped from the door trim and the door arrester removed. The door is then unbolted from the electric drive, the roller bearings are pushed back in their guide rail and the lower roller guide is steered out of the lower rail. Finally the door is lowered at the front until the upper roller guide clears the upper rail. A sliding door is heavy and awkward, so have a second person hold it as the guides come free.
🧭 Before you start
Deactivate the sliding door electrics at the dash button and close the door. Unclip the hinge cover, remove the door arrester and the bolts to the electric drive, slide the roller bearings back in the rail, guide the lower roller out of the lower rail and lower the front of the door until the upper roller guide leaves the upper rail.
Fits: platform codes SF, SG
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- Deactivate the electrical controls at the dash button before starting.
- Remove the door arrester before unbolting the drive.
- Guide the lower roller out first, then lower the door front to free the upper roller.
- Support the door with a second person as the guides come free, as normal practice.
Written for this job from the workshop steps below · TorqFix editorial.
📋 Procedure
- Deactivate electrical controls of sliding door by pressing button (1) in dash panel.
- Close sliding door (1).
- Unclip cover on hinge fitting from sliding door trim.
- Remove door arrester .
- Unscrew bolts (4) from sliding door with electrical controls (1).
- Slide roller bearings (3) back in guide rail (2).
- Guide roller guide (1) in (direction of arrow) out of lower guide rail.
- Lower sliding door (2) at front until upper roller guide (1) can be removed from upper guide rail (arrow).
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