Removing and installing steering wheel multifunction buttons E441/E440 — AUDI
Removing and installing steering wheel multifunction buttons E441/E440 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: VW Caddy IV (SA, 2015–2020)
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- Clip in trim panel from below for easier installation.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and all electrical loads, and pull out ignition key.
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- Using the two removal wedges3409, release trim panel (1) from steering wheel in areas indicated by arrows (A) and (B).
- Using lever T10468, release trim panel (1) in area of multifunction buttons on left in steering wheel E440(2) and multifunction buttons on right in steering wheel E441(3).
- Using removal pliers3392, press off trim panel (1) in area of multifunction buttons on left in steering wheel E440(2) and multifunction buttons on right in steering wheel E441(3).
- Pull trim panel (1) off steering wheel in areas indicated by arrows (A) and (B).
- Release and detach connectors.
- Remove trim panel (1) together with multifunction buttons on left in steering wheel E440(2) and multifunction buttons on right in steering wheel E441(3).
- Unscrew bolts for multifunction buttons on left in steering wheel E440(2) and multifunction buttons on right in steering wheel E441(3) on back of trim panel (1).
- Remove multifunction buttons on left in steering wheel E440(2) and multifunction buttons on right in steering wheel E441(3) from trim panel (1). [Note: Clip in trim panel from below for easier installation.]
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