Renewing side light bulb - rest-of-the-world vehicles / renewing side marker light bulb - USA vehicles — AUDI
Renewing side light bulb - rest-of-the-world vehicles / renewing side marker light bulb - USA vehicles on Audi: 11 steps.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi Q7 (4L, 2005–2015)
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- Fit new bulb (12V, 5W) in bulb holder; do not touch the glass part of the bulb with bare hands.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and take out ignition key.
- Turn light switch to position "“0”".
- Pull out air intake grille (1) in top section of bumper cover (arrow).
- Pull louvre (1) for air intake grille off bumper cover outwards in sequence shown (arrows A to D).
- Disengage air intake grille (2) at the location marked with (arrow E), swivel aside and pull out of top section of bumper cover.
- Unscrew bolts (arrows) and remove housing (1) from bumper cover.
- Unplug electrical connector (1).
- Turn bulb holder (2) anti-clockwise (arrow) and pull it out of housing.
- Screw bulb out of bulb holder.
- Fit new bulb (12V, 5W) in bulb holder; do not touch the glass part of the bulb with bare hands.
- Insert housing in bumper.
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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.
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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