Audi Q3: Door Inner Cover, Removing and Installing

Special tools and workshop equipment required

• Wedge Set -T10383-

Removing

- Remove the door trim panel. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Front Door Panels; Front Door Panel, Removing and Installing.

- Free up the wiring harness -1-.

- Lift the inner door trim -2- with the Wedge Set -T10383/1- from the inner door panel.

- Disengage the grommet -3- for the cable -4- for the interior door mechanism from the inner door trim.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

- Push in the interior door trim until it engages audibly.

• Interior door trim must be installed flush.

- Install the door trim panel. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Front Door Trim Panels; Front Door Trim Panel, Removing and Installing.

Bracket, Removing and Installing

  Caution

There is a risk of malfunctions.

The door lock must be removed and installed together with the bracket to prevent over-bending the cable when disengaging and engaging it.

The cable must be disconnected from/attached to the lever on the door lock outside of the door.

Special tools and workshop equipment required

• Pry Lever -80 - 200-

Removing

- Remove the lock cylinder guide. Refer to → Chapter "Lock Cylinder Guide, Removing and Installing".

- Disconnect the connector from the door lock.

- Remove the door handle. Refer to → Chapter "Door Handle, Removing and Installing".

- If equipped disengage the exterior door handle touch sensor wire from the bracket -arrow-.

- Free up the electric wire spiral clip -1- using the Pry Lever -80 - 200-.

  Note

Use a soapy solution if necessary make removal easier.

- Remove the bolt -3- and the mounting bracket -2-.

- Push the bracket and door lock downward and remove them from the vehicle.

- Disengage the operating cable from the operating lever on the door lock.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

- The bracket and the door lock are still removed.

- Engage the operating cable -3- in the door lock operating lever -2-.

- Insert the operating cable in the cable bracket -1- and rotate the lever -4- 90º -arrow-.

• The lever must engage audibly with the locking tab on the cable bracket.

- Install the bracket and the door lock together in the door. Refer to → Chapter "Door Lock, Removing and Installing".

  Note

• For vehicles with a convenience key the wiring harness for the exterior door handle touch sensor is placed on the bracket so that it points to the outer door panel.
• With the wiring harness is not laid correctly, noise can occur when opening and closing the door window, because the door window grazes the wiring harness.

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