Removing and installing steering column adjustment switch E167 — AUDI
Removing and installing steering column adjustment switch E167 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 A6 C6 (4F, 2004–2011)
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- Disregard (item 5).
- Shown in illustration with steering wheel removed.
📋 Procedure
- Remove dash panel trim (bottom, driver's side) 68.
- Move steering wheel down and to rear as far as possible, making use of full range of steering column adjuster.
- Unscrew bolts (3) and (4) using special screwdriver T8T40056 A. [Note: Disregard (item 5).]
- Unscrew Torx bolts (6).
- Separate top trim (2) for steering column switch from bottom trim (1) and detach both sections.
- Unplug electrical connector at bottom trim. [Note: Shown in illustration with steering wheel removed.]
- Unscrew bolts (arrows).
- Lift out steering column adjustment switch E167(item 1) from bottom trim.
- Insert top trim for steering column switch in hooks for bottom trim, press both sections together and tighten bolts.
- Install dash panel trim (bottom, driver's side) 68.
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