Removing and installing tail light cluster and outer bulb carrier — AUDI
Removing and installing tail light cluster and outer bulb carrier 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)
- Renewed: adjuster nut
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- Renew adjuster nut if sealing washer is damaged.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and take out ignition key.
- Turn light switch to position "“0”".
- Remove cover on luggage compartment side trim.
- Unscrew cap nut (2).
- Pry tail light cluster (1) at outer edge out of clip nuts using removal wedge3409.
- Remove tail light cluster from body opening.
- Unplug electrical connector at bulb carrier.
- Press apart retaining tabs (arrows) and take bulb carrier (1) out of tail light cluster.
- Screw bulb out of bulb holder. [Note: Renew adjuster nut if sealing washer is damaged.]
- Fit tail light cluster in position on body and press retaining pins into clip nuts.
- Tighten cap nut.
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The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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