Audi A4: Interior Door Mechanism, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Remove the door trim panel. Refer to → Chapter "Front Door Trim Panel, Removing and Installing".
- Place the door trim panel on a soft surface.
- Equipped on some models: Remove the door ambient lighting lamps -3- on the back of the door trim panel by releasing the retainers and removing the lamp from the fiber-optic cable.
- Disconnect the connectors -1-.
- Remove the interior door handle illumination bulb socket -2- from the fiber-optic cable.
- Remove the bolts -arrows-.
- Detach the trim -2- with the interior door mechanism -1- from the door trim panel, by releasing the retainers -arrows- on the back of the door trim panel.
- Disengage the trim with the interior door mechanism from the door trim panel and remove it.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
Installation instructions: For example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Front Door Trim Panel".
Window Frame Trim, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Trim Removal Wedge -3409-
Removing
- Lower the door window.
- Remove the door trim panel. Refer to → Chapter "Front Door Trim Panel, Removing and Installing".
- Loosen the trim on the ends from the adhesive pads -1 and 3- from the door, using the -3409-.
- Pry off the window frame trim -2- starting at the bottom and working along the length of the window guide to the upper rear -arrows-.
- Remove the trim downward from the window frame.
Installing
- Insert window frame trim -1- at upper rear in the window guide -2- in the direction of -arrow-.
- Install window frame trim -2- along the entire length of the window guide.
- Remove all new part protective foil from the adhesive pads.
- Push the trim in the area of the adhesive pads firmly -1 and 3- against the door.
Note
Ignore the -arrows-.
Further installation is the reverse order of removal.
Installation instructions: For example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Front Door Trim Panel".
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Rear Door Trim Panels
Overview - Rear Door Trim Panel
1 - Bolt
2.5 Nm
For door trim panel
Quantity: 3
2 - Rear Entry Lamp
Driver Side Rear Entry Lamp -W83-
Passenger Side Rear Entry Lamp -W84-
Speaker Trim in Door Trim Panels, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Pry Lever -80-200-
Front Bass Speaker Trim, Removing
- Carefully pry out the speaker trim -1-
along the door trim panel seam using the Pry Lever
Rear Door Trim Panel, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Wedge Set -T10383-
Wedge Set - Wedge 1 -T10383/1-
Removing
- Switch off the ignition.
- Unclip the decorative trim -1-
using the -T10383/1-
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Guide Link, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Torque Wrench 1332 40-200Nm -VAG1332-
Torque Wrench 1332 Insert - Ring Wrench - 21mm -VAG1332/7-
Engine and Gearbox Jack -VAS6931-
Puller - Ball Joint -T40043-
Caution
This procedure contains mandatory replaceable parts.
Refer to componen
Electronic Stabilization
Control
Description
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) supports
driver safety. It reduces the risk of slipping and
improves driving stability. ESC detects critical situations,
such as if the vehicle is oversteering or
understeering, or if the wheels are spinning.
The brakes are applied or the motor t
