Audi Q3: Door Windows

Overview - Front Door Window

1 - Door Window

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Front Door Window, Removing and Installing".

2 - Door

3 - Driver Window Regulator Motor -V147-

4 - Speaker

• Removing. Refer to → Communication; Rep. Gr.91; Sound System; Component Location Overview - Sound System.

5 - Door Inner Cover

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Door Inner Cover, Removing and Installing".

6 - Window Regulator

Overview - Rear Door Window

1 - Rear Door Window

2 - Rear Door

3 - Left Rear Window Regulator Motor -V26-

• Removing → Chapter "Window Regulator Motor, Removing and Installing"

4 - Speaker

• Removing. Refer to → Communication; Rep. Gr.91; Sound System; Component Location Overview - Sound System.

5 - Door Inner Cover

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Door Inner Cover, Removing and Installing".

6 - Window Regulator

Front Door Window, Removing and Installing

1 - Door Window

• The door inner cover and speaker are removed. Refer to → Chapter "Door Inner Cover, Removing and Installing" and → Communication; Rep. Gr.91; Component Location Overview - Sound System.

- To remove, release catches -arrow- from coupling plate -2- with a screwdriver and pull window -1- in window guide up slightly.

- Tilt the window forward and remove it upward from the door.

2 - Window Regulator

• The window regulator remains installed inside the door.

Releasing the Door Window

- Lower the door window.

- Using a screwdriver, press coupling plate -3- outward to release through cut-out in window guide -1- and hole in door window -2-.

- Remove window upward from coupling plate.

- Tilt the window forward and pull it straight upward and out of the window guide.

Door Window, Inserting

- Insert door window -1- diagonally toward front in door window guide.

- Align window in front and rear window guides and slide it down.

- Press window down into coupling plate.

- This engages coupling plate in window.

Rear Door Window, Removing and Installing

Special tools and workshop equipment required

• Side Window Removal Tool -T40231-

• Heat Insulating Glass Release Tool -T40254-

Remove the Door Window with Standard Glass

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

- Remove the inner window shaft strip.

- Remove the door inner cover. Refer to → Chapter "Door Inner Cover, Removing and Installing".

- Remove the door window guide rail. Refer to → Chapter "Door Window Guide Rail, Removing and Installing".

- Insert the Side Window Removal Tool -T40231- on both side of the door window and push it downward on the mount on the window regulator -1-.

- The mount on the window regulator bends open so that the door window can be lifted upward by the mounting pin.

- Remove the door window -2- upward out of the mount and remove it from the door.

Removing a Door Window with Tinted Glass

- Insert the Heat Insulating Glass Release Tool -T40254- in direction of arrow completely onto the adapter -arrow-.

- The mount on the window regulator bends open so that the door window can be lifted upward by the mounting pin.

Door Window, Installing

  Note

The mounting pins must be pushed in first with new door windows with standard glass.

- Insert the mounting pins -2- into the center of the door window -1- and push the clamping pin in so that it is flush.

- Insert door window -1- diagonally toward back in door window guide.

- Line up the door window inside the window guides and push it down. Make sure the door window move exactly into the front and rear mount.

- Press window down into window regulator mount.

- The mounting pins will audibly lock into the mount.

Special Tools

Cutting Tool for Bonded Windows -VAS6452-

Cutting Tool for Bonded Windows - Wire Reel -VAS6452/1-

Cutting Tool for Bonded Windows - Wire -VAS6452/2-

Double Suction Lifter -VAG1344-

Bonded Window Tool Kit -VAG1351-

Bonded Window Tool Kit - Pull Handle -VAG1351/1-

Window Cutter -VAG1561A-

Window Cutter - Scraper (2 pc.) -VAG1561/7+8-

Blade, Offset -VAG1561/10-

Window Cutter - Universal Blade (2 pc.) -VAG1561/11-

Cartridge Gun -VAG1628-

Cartridge Heater -VAG1939A-

Double Cartridge Gun -VAS5237-

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