Audi A4: Front Center Armrest
Overview - Front Center Armrest
1 - Center Armrest Support Base
- Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Front Center Armrest, Removing and Installing".
2 - Front Cover
- Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Center Armrest Upper Section, Removing and Installing".
- Press on until it engages audibly
3 - Bolt
- 1.2 Nm
- Quantity: 2
4 - Hinge Arm Front Trim Panel
- Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Hinge Arm Trim Panels, Removing and Installing".
- Press on until it engages audibly
5 - Hinge Arm Rear Trim Panel
- Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Hinge Arm Trim Panels, Removing and Installing".
- Press on until it engages audibly
6 - Center Armrest Upper Section
- Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Center Armrest Upper Section, Removing and Installing".
7 - Bolt
- 3 Nm
- Quantity: 2
8 - Bolt
- 3 Nm
- Quantity: 4
Front Center Armrest, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Remove the center console (refer to → Chapter "Center Console, Removing and Installing") and place it on a soft surface.
- Remove the screws -arrows- for the center armrest -1-.
- Flip up the center armrest.
- Disengage the side of the center console from the center armrest.
- On the back of the center console -1-, push the sides outward in the direction of -arrows- from the center armrest and remove the center armrest -2-.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
Installation instructions: For example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Front Center Armrest".
Center Armrest Upper Section, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Pry Lever -80-200-
Removing, Version 1
- Flip up the center armrest.
- Starting at the back, unclip the cover -1- from the center armrest in the direction of -arrows- using the Pry Lever -80-200-.
- Unclip the cover completely and remove it.
- Remove the bolts -1 and 2-.
- Disengage the center armrest upper section -2- in the direction of -arrow- and remove it.
Removing, Version 2
- Flip up the center armrest.
- Starting at the back, unclip the cover -1- from the center armrest in the direction of -arrows- using the Pry Lever -80-200-.
- Unclip the cover completely and remove it.
- Remove the bolts -1-.
- Disengage the center armrest upper section -2- in the direction of -arrow- and remove it.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
Installation instructions: For example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Front Center Armrest".
Hinge Arm Trim Panels, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Pry Lever -80-200-
Removing
- Remove the center armrest upper section. Refer to → Chapter "Center Armrest Upper Section, Removing and Installing".
- Unclip the rear trim panel -2- at the sides from the front trim panel -1- using the Pry Lever -80-200-.
- Separate the hinge arm trim panels from each other, disengage them at the center armrest support and remove them.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
Installation instructions: For example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Front Center Armrest".
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Overview - Interior Rearview Mirror
1 - Front Cover
For the mirror base
Press on until it engages audibly
2 - Clip
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Replace after removing t
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Note
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Overview. Refer to
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Fig. 98 Front cup holder: removing the cover
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The emergency release is located in the front cup
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