Removing coil connector — AUDI
Removing coil connector on Audi: 13 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: platform codes 2DA, 2DB, 2DC, 2DD, 2DE, 2DF, 2DG, 2DH, 2DK, 2DL, 2DM
📋 Procedure
- Turn steering wheel to straight-ahead position and remove.
- Loosen bolts (arrows).
- Separate connectors (arrows).
- Pull coil connector from steering column.
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Remove trim (1).
- Unscrew cross-head bolts (3).
- Pull steering column switch (1) from steering column (2).
- Pull vacuum lines and electrical connector from ignition lock.
- Detach clutch and brake pedal return springs from steering column.
- Unscrew hexagon bolt (A) from column tube and drill out shear bolt (arrow).
- ⚠ Wear eye protection when drilling out. — Pull out steering column.
- Removing steering wheel lock
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Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
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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