Audi Q3: Locking Mechanism Trim, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Trim Removal Wedge -3409-
Removing
- Unlock the rear seat backrest.
- Make sure the button -2- (indicator) is in the "up" position.
- Push the tabs -arrows- on both sides of the trim using a Trim Removal Wedge -3409-.
- Remove the trim -1- upward and off the rear seat backrest -3-.
- Remove the trim -1- as far as possible upward from the rear seat backrest.
- Pry the catch -arrow- out of the locking mechanism using a flat blade screwdriver.
- Remove the trim upward from the rear seat backrest.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:
- Make sure the button moves easily after installing the trim.
Installation notes, for example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Locking Mechanism".
Rear Seat Backrest Locking Mechanism, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Remove the rear seat backrest. Refer to → Chapter "Rear Seat Backrest, Removing and Installing".
- Remove the headrest. Refer to → Chapter "Headrest, Removing and Installing".
- Remove the padding on the rear seat backrest around the locking mechanism. Refer to → Chapter "Cover and Cushion, Removing and Installing, Backrest".
- Remove the bolts -3-.
- Remove the locking mechanism -2- from the rear seat backrest frame -1-.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
Installation notes, for example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Locking Mechanism".
Pass-Through Cover Frame, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Pry Lever -80-200-
Removing
- Fold down the rear center armrest and open the pass-through door.
- Release the cover frame retaining tabs -1- from the rear seat backrest; to do this push with the Pry Lever -80 - 200- on the cover frame -arrow A-.
- Pry the cover frame -2- from the rear seat backrest -arrow B-.
- Repeat the procedure for the rest of the retaining tabs -arrows-.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:
- Make sure the cover frame engages completely in the rear seat backrest.
Installation notes, for example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Center Armrest".
Pass-Through Cover, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Fold down the center armrest and open the pass-through door.
- Remove the bolts -2-.
- Remove the center armrest with the cover -1- for the pas through door.
- Fold up the rear center armrest -1-2/3.
- Remove the bolts -arrows-.
- Remove the pass-through door -2- from the center armrest.
- Remove the lower center cushion -3-. Refer to → Chapter "Center Cushion, Removing and Installing".
Installing
- Install the pass-through door -1- and the center armrest and tighten the bolts hand tight.
- Close the pass-through door and align.
- Tighten the bolts -2- on the rear seat backrest.
Install in reverse order of removal.
Installation notes, for example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Center Armrest".
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Center Armrest, Removing and Installing
Center Armrest, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Fold up the rear center armrest 2/3.
- Remove the bolts -arrows-.
- Remove the rear center armrest -1-
from the pass-through doo
Overview - Seat Pan Cover and Cushion
Overview - Seat Pan Cover and Cushion, Standard/Folding Seat
Note
The illustration shows versions with a fabric cover.
1 - Seat Pan
2 - Seat Cushion
Seat cover a
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Battery Interrupt Igniter
Overview - Battery Interrupt Igniter
1 - Connector
For the Battery Interrupt Igniter -N253-
Releasing and removing
2 - Nuts
15 Nm
3 - Battery Interrupt Igniter -N253-
Available only together with -4-
Removing and installing. Refer to
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Specifications for Retrofitting Wheel and Tire Combinations (Documents)
Legal Requirements
The manufacturer is granted general type approval for the
whole vehicle including all parts and for specific retrofitting
(general type approval according to 20 StVZO (Motor Vehicle
Construction and Use Regulations or EU type approval).
Retrofitting to wheels and tires ca
