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Audi A4: Rear Lid, Removing and Installing

Audi A4 (B9) 2016-2025 Service Manual / Body / Body Exterior / Hood, Lids / Rear Lid, Removing and Installing

Rear Lid, Removing and Installing, Sedan

  • To complete the procedure, a second technician is required to be at the following position.

Removing

- Remove the rear lid lower trim panel. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Luggage Compartment Trim Panels; Rear Lid Lower Trim Panel, Removing and Installing.

- Disconnect the connectors and free up the wiring harness -2-.

- Remove the nuts-arrows-.

- Remove the rear lid -1-.

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Installing

Install in reverse order of removal and note the following:

- Adjust the rear lid. Refer to → Chapter "Rear Lid, Adjusting".

Tightening Specifications

  • Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Rear Lid, Sedan"

Rear Lid, Removing and Installing, Avant

  • To complete the procedure, a second technician is required to be at the following position.

Removing

- Remove the rear lid upper trim panel. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Luggage Compartment Trim Panels; Rear Lid Upper Trim Panel, Removing and Installing.

- Release the catches -arrows- and remove the cover -2- from the hinge -1-.

- Disconnect the connectors and antenna wires and free up the wiring harness.

- Remove the gas-filled strut. Refer to → Chapter "Gas-Filled Strut, Removing and Installing".

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- Remove the bolts -2 and 3-.

- Remove the rear lid -1-.

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Installing

Install in reverse order of removal and note the following:

- Adjust the rear lid. Refer to → Chapter "Rear Lid, Adjusting".

Tightening Specifications

  • Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Rear Lid, Avant"

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     Rear Lid, Adjusting

    Adjustment Dimensions Adjustment Dimensions, Sedan A -  Rear Lid to Top of Side Panel Gap dimension = 3.5 mm B -  Rear Lid to Side Panel Gap dimension = 3.5 mm C - 

     Hinges, Removing and Installing

    Hinges, Removing and Installing, Sedan Removing - Remove the rear lid. Refer to → Chapter "Rear Lid, Removing and Installing, Sedan". - Remove the luggage compartment side trim panel

     Adjusting Buffer, Removing and Installing

    Adjusting Buffer, Removing and Installing, Sedan Body Adjusting Buffer Removing - Turn the adjusting buffer -1- counter-clockwise -arrow- to remove. - Remove the adjusting buffer locking m

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     Repair a wiring 0.35 mm 2 or greater with intermediate wire section

      Note For the repair use repair wires with a cross section of 0.35 mm2 through 6.0-mm2. Procedure - Free up the wire to be repaired at two places approximately 20 cm on both sides of the repair point.   Caution Risk of damaging the electrical wires. Expose wrapped wiring harness

     Refrigerant Circuit, Tracing Leaks Using Electronic Leak Detector

    Vehicles with a High Voltage System (Hybrid Vehicles) Read and follow all of the supplemental warnings for all work performed on vehicles with the high voltage system. Refer to → Chapter "Warnings when Working on Vehicles with High Voltage System" and → Electrical Equipment; 

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