Audi A4: Door Handle, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Remove the door handle trim. Refer to → Chapter "Door Handle Trim, Removing and Installing".
- Equipped on some models: Remove the exterior door handle illumination bulb. Refer to → Electrical Equipment; Rep. Gr.94; Exterior Door Handle Lamps; Exterior Door Handle Illumination Bulb, Removing and Installing.
- If equipped, remove the front exterior door handle switch. Refer to → Electrical Equipment; Rep. Gr.94; Access/Start Authorization; Front Exterior Door Handle Switch, Removing and Installing.
- Remove the bolts -1 and 3-.
- Remove the door handle -2- from the mounting bracket -arrow-.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
Tightening Specifications
- Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Door Handle and Door Lock"
Door Handle Trim, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Angled Screwdriver -VAS6543-
Removing
- Remove the cap -arrow-.
- Pull the door handle -1- all the way in the direction of -arrow A- and hold it.
- Remove the clamping screw -2- all the way using a screwdriver -4-.
- Push the retaining bracket -3- for the lock cylinder inward until it engages in the direction of -arrow B-.
- The door handle is now locked in the "open" position.
- Using the -VAS6543-, release the retainers -1- in the direction of -arrow A- and push the trim -2- in the direction of -arrow B- at the same time.
- Remove the door handle trim.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal and note the following:
- Position the trim on the door handle and push it forward in the direction of travel until it engages audibly.
Tightening Specifications
- Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Door Handle and Door Lock"
Door Handle Trim Molding, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Remove the door handle trim. Refer to → Chapter "Door Handle Trim, Removing and Installing".
- Remove the bolt -3-.
- Release the retainers -2 and 5-.
- Remove the trim molding -4- from the door handle trim -1- in the direction of -arrow-.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
Tightening Specifications
- Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Door Handle and Door Lock"
READ NEXT:
Mounting Bracket, Removing and Installing
NOTICE
Risk of damaging the operating cable by deforming it.
- Never sharply bend or kink the operating cable.
Removing
- Move the door window into the "closed" position.
- Remo
Door Lock, Removing and Installing
NOTICE
Risk of damaging the operating cable by deforming it.
- Never sharply bend or kink the operating cable.
Removing
- Move the door window into the "closed" position.
- Remo
Window Guide, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Remove the door window. Refer to
→ Chapter "Front Door Window, Removing and Installing".
- Remove the B-pillar trim. Refer to
→ Chapter "B-Pillar Door Trim, Removi
SEE MORE:
Fan Shroud, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Remove the front noise insulation. Refer to
→ Body Exterior; Rep. Gr.66; Noise Insulation; Overview - Noise
Insulation.
- Remove the charge air cooler. Refer to
→ Chapter "Charge Air Cooler, Removing and Installing".
WARNING
There is a risk of
Fuses
Replacing fuses
Fig. 181 Driver's side footwell (left-hand drive vehicles):
footrest 1, front passenger's side footwell (right-hand
drive vehicles): cover 2
Fig. 182 Driver's side cockpit (left-hand drive/right-hand
drive vehicles): cover (C), left side of luggage compartment:
cover (D)
Fuses are
