Removing and installing storage compartment for centre armrest (front) — AUDI
Removing and installing storage compartment for centre armrest (front) on Audi: 11 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)
📋 Procedure
- Open centre armrest (front).
- Use removal wedge3409 to prise rear edge of storage compartment off support for centre armrest (front) (arrow 1).
- Lift storage compartment including handle off support for centre armrest (front) in direction of (arrow 2).
- Unplug electrical connector on underside of storage compartment (arrow).
- Unscrew bolts (1) and (2) on underside of storage compartment.
- Remove storage compartment and lift mechanism for mobile phone.
- Unscrew bolts on underside of storage compartment (arrows).
- Unplug electrical connector (1) for telephone aerial.
- Unscrew printed circuit board for telephone (arrows).
- Unplug electrical connector.
- Remove storage compartment.
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