Removing and installing tail light cluster on rear lid - vehicles from model year 2014 onwards — AUDI
Removing and installing tail light cluster on rear lid - vehicles from model year 2014 onwards on Audi: 10 steps.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A8 D4 (4H, 2010–2017)
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- Complete inner tail light cluster must be renewed if LED is defective.Ensure that seal between body and tail light housing seals completely.
📋 Procedure
- Turn light switch to position "“0”".
- Remove trim strip General body repairs, exterior66Strips / trim panels / extensions; Removing and installing trim strip.
- Pry cap (3) off rear lid trim (2).
- Remove cover (1)(arrow).
- Detach caps (1) and (2).
- Remove nuts (arrows).
- Unplug electrical connector (3).
- Detach inner tail light cluster. [Note: Complete inner tail light cluster must be renewed if LED is defective.Ensure that seal between body and tail light housing seals completely.]
- Install trim strip General body repairs, exterior66Strips / trim panels / extensions; Removing and installing trim strip.
- Align tail light cluster with body contour .
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- Installing engine – Audi A8 D4 · 36 torque figures
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- Removing and installing alternator - vehicles with 3.0 ltr. TFSI engine
- Removing and installing headlight housing - gas discharge headlights and LED headlights up to model year 2014
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- Removing and installing rear cigarette lighter illumination bulb L32 - rear cigarette lighter U9
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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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