Audi Q3: Front Center Armrest

Overview - Front Center Armrest

1 - Front Center Armrest

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Front Center Armrest, Removing and Installing".

2 - Lower Cover

• For the center armrest cushion
• Engage in the front of the center armrest cushion and press on it until it engages audibly.

3 - Lower Trim Panel

• For the center armrest
• available as a replacement part only with -item 1-
• Clipped in the center armrest

4 - Bolt

• 2.2 Nm
• Quantity: 2

5 - Center Armrest Padding

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Center Armrest Upper Section, Removing and Installing".

6 - Rear Cover

• For the center armrest cushion
• available as a replacement part only with -item 5-
• Clipped in the center armrest cushion

7 - Upper Trim Panel

• For the center armrest
• Available as a replacement part only with -item 1-
• Clipped in the center armrest

8 - Bolt

• 3 Nm
• Quantity: 2

9 - Nut

• 10 Nm
• Quantity: 4

10 - Bolt

• 3 Nm
• Quantity: 2

Front Center Armrest, Removing and Installing

Removing

- Move the front seats all the way forward.

- Remove the center console rear cover. Refer to → Chapter "Center Console Rear Trim, Removing and Installing".

- Vehicles with a rear vent: Remove the rear vent air duct. Refer to → Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning; Rep. Gr.87; Air Ducts; Air Distribution Channels, Removing and Installing.

- Versions with Telephone Baseplate -R126-: Disengage the connector from the center armrest and free up the wire.

- Versions with External Audio Source Connection -R199-: disengage the connector on the center armrest and free up the wire.

- Remove the center armrest nuts -1-.

- Remove the bolts -1- and -2-.

- Slightly fold up the center armrest cushion and disengage the center console retaining tabs -B- from the center armrest.

- Push the rear center console on the sides outward from the center armrest by disengaging the center console from the retaining tabs -A-.

- At the same time, tip the center armrest -3- toward the rear at the top to lift it from the threaded pins and remove it to the rear.

Installing

- Insert the center armrest from behind into the center console and onto the threaded pins.

- Make sure that the center armrest and the center console are engaged properly in the retaining tabs -A- and -B-.

Install in reverse order of removal.

Installation notes, 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

• Wedge Set -T10383-

Removing

- Carefully unclip the cover -1- starting at the sides from the center armrest cushion using the Wedge -T10383/1--arrows-.

- Remove the screws -1- and remove the center armrest cushion -2- upward from the center armrest -arrow-.

Installing

- Install the center armrest cushion -2- on the center armrest and tighten the screws -1-.

Install in reverse order of removal.

Installation notes, for example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Front Center Armrest".

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