Removing and installing storage compartment (driver side) — AUDI
Removing and installing storage compartment (driver side) 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 (8P, 2003–2012)
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- Make sure connectors engage correctly (audibly).
📋 Procedure
- Switch off all electrical equipment.
- Remove ignition key.
- Remove dash panel end trim (left-side) (6).
- Unscrew bolts (2) (3x).
- Pull storage compartment (driver side) (1) out of spring clip (4).
- Unclip diagnostic connector from storage compartment (driver side).
- Unplug electrical connectors at light switch (3).
- Detach storage compartment (driver side) (1).
- Make sure connectors engage correctly (audibly).
- Slide storage compartment (driver side) into spring clip in the correct position.
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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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