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HOMESERVICE MANUALSAUDI2009A6 BASEREPAIR AND DIAGNOSISEXTERNAL PAGESDIFFERENT CARSECTION 38 (BODY INTERIOR - CABRIOLET)
2009 Audi A6 Base
Section 38 (Body Interior - Cabriolet)
2009 Audi A6 BaseSECTION Section 38 (Body Interior - Cabriolet)
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- 68 - Interior equipment
- Storage compartments/trim panels and covers
- Glove compartment, assembly overview
- Glove compartment lock handle, removing and installing
- Damping mechanism for glove compartment lid, removing and installing
- Glove compartment (vehicles with knee bolster), assembly overview
- Glove compartment lock handle (vehicles with knee bolster), removing and installing
- Glove compartment lid damping mechanism (vehicles with knee bolster), removing and installing
- Insulation compartment, removing and installing
- Drivers storage compartment (without knee protection), removing and installing
- Drivers storage compartment (vehicles with knee bolster), assembly overview
- Instrument cluster trim, removing and installing
- Rear center armrest and ashtray, assembly overview
- Support bracket for center armrest, removing and installing
- Center console, assembly overview
- Insulation, center console
- Cassette tray, assembly overview
- Connector mount, assembly overview
- Gear cover and boot, assembly overview
- Navigation system operating unit in center console, assembly overview
- Footwell trim, removing and installing
- Parking brake lever trim, assembly overview
- Parking brake handle, removing and installing
- Mobile phone holder in center console, assembly overview
- Making mounting holes for mobile phone holder on center console
- Bracket for telephone handset in center console, assembly overview
- Mounting holes for telephone handset bracket in center console, fabricating
- Center section of instrument panel, assembly overview
- Removing and installing storage compartment, cup holder and switch mount
- Radio cover and trim, assembly overview
- Front ashtray, assembly overview
- Interior rear-view mirror
- Interior mirror with fixed base, removing and installing
- Interior mirror (automatic anti-glare mirror, interior mirror with compass), removing and installing
- Function of automatic anti-glare interior rear-view mirror, testing
- Interior mirror with compass (USA only), calibrating
- Retainer plate for interior mirror, cementing
- Storage compartments/trim panels and covers
- 69 - Passenger protection - Airbags, Seat belts
- Seat belts
- Seat belts
- Safety rules for handling pyrotechnic belt tensioners
- Disposal of pyrotechnic belt tensioners
- Front pyrotechnic belt tensioners, triggering
- Rear pyrotechnic belt tensioners, triggering
- Seat belt anchorage points, assembly overview
- Front 3-point seat belt with belt tensioner, assembly overivew
- Rear 3-point seat belt with belt tensioner, assembly overview
- Anchorage points for center floor panel, assembly overview
- Front anchorage point for outer floor panel
- Front anchorage point for belt buckle
- Removing and installing ISOFIX holder
- Seat belts, checking
- Safety requirements for airbags
- Airbags
- Drivers airbag
- Airbag unit (standard steering wheel), assembly overview
- Steering wheel (standard steering wheel), assembly overview
- Airbag unit (sports steering wheel), assembly overview
- Steering wheel (sports steering wheel), assembly overview
- Airbag unit (multi-function steering wheel), assembly overview
- Steering wheel (multi-function steering wheel), assembly overview
- Self-cancelling ring with slip ring (coil connector/ESP sensor), removing and installing
- Passengers airbag
- Side airbags
- Airbag crash sensors
- Rollover protection
- Seat belts
- 70 - Interior trim
- Front door trims
- Component locations, assembly overview
- Door trim, assembly overview
- Trim, removing and installing
- Insulation, assembly overview
- Exploded view of door trim cable routing
- Armrest, removing and installing
- Central locking switch, removing and installing
- Mirror adjustment switch, removing and installing
- Interior door handle, removing and installing
- Switch panel for window regulator, removing and installing
- Switch panel for memory seat, removing and installing
- Switch panel for tailgate release and/or deactivation of anti-theft alarm, assembly overview
- Door warning light and courtesy light, removing and installing
- Treble speaker, removing and installing
- Bass speaker trim, removing and installing
- Rear side trim
- Instrument panel
- Component locations, assembly overview
- Instrument panel, removing and installing
- Notes
- Removing left instrument panel cover
- Removing left outer instrument panel fastener
- Disconnecting connectors for left and right vent temperature sensors G150 and G151
- Removing instrument panel vent
- Removing left and right instrument panel speaker
- Removing and installing tray, switch and cup holder
- Removing light switch and adjuster for headlight range control
- Removing left instrument panel trim
- Removing instrument panel mountings drivers side
- Removing upper steering column switch trim
- Removing sunlight photo sensor G107
- Removing center defroster vent trim
- Removing center instrument panel speaker
- Removing right instrument panel cover
- Removing right instrument panel end mountings
- Removing center instrument panel mountings
- Left and/or right instrument panel air duct, removing and installing
- Central tube, removing and installing
- Trims
- Upper A-pillar trim, removing and installing
- Lower A-pillar trim, assembly overview
- Floor covering, assembly overview
- Sill panel trim, removing and installing
- Removing and installing foot rest
- Foot rest holder, removing and installing
- Sun visor, removing and installing
- Sun visor mount, removing and installing
- Center sun visor, removing and installing
- Windshield trim, assembly overview
- Removing and installing make-up mirror light
- Interior light/reading light, removing and installing
- Luggage compartment trim
- Trim for convertible top compartment
- Variable convertible top compartment
- Variable convertible top compartment, removing and installing
- Convertible top compartment lid, assembly overview
- Handle mount trim, assembly overview
- Handle for variable convertible top compartment, removing and installing
- Microswitch for variable convertible top compartment, removing and installing
- Toothed segment of variable convertible top compartment, removing and installing
- Rack of variable convertible top compartment, removing and installing
- Guide rail of variable convertible top compartment, removing and installing
- Console of variable convertible top compartment, assembly overview
- Front door trims
- 72 - Seat - Frames
- Front seats
- Tools
- Seat, assembly overview
- Airbag adapter VAS 6036 , connecting
- Front seat backrest, assembly overview
- Side trim on sill panel side, removing and installing
- Seat height adjuster, removing and installing
- Backrest adjuster, removing and installing
- Side trim on tunnel side, removing and installing
- Seat height adjuster unit, removing and installing
- Bowden cable of seat height adjuster unit, removing and installing
- Easy-entry facility (manual), removing and installing
- Storage compartment, removing and installing
- Backrest cover panel, removing and installing
- Outer frame, removing and installing
- Easy-entry facility handle, removing and installing
- Removing and installing easy-entry facility trim
- Bowden cable for backrest lock, removing and installing
- Side airbag guide, removing and installing
- Head restraint with slide-in locking mechanism, removing and installing
- Rear footwell light, removing
- Front seats (memory seat, electrically operated seat)
- Tools
- Front seat, assembly overview
- Front seat with faulty forward and backward seat adjustment motor or defective control unit, removing and installing
- Front seat rail cover, assembly overview
- Rear seat rail cover, assembly overview
- Connectors, disconnecting
- Airbag adapter VAS 6036 , connecting
- Connector assignment for connection point
- Connector for side airbag, disconnecting
- Front seat backrest, assembly overview
- Side trims (outboard side), assembly overview
- Side trim, inboard side, assembly overview
- Easy-entry facility, removing and installing
- Bowden cable for backrest lock, assembly overview
- Microswitch for seatback release, assembly overview
- Microswitch for seatback release, adjusting
- Microswitch for headrest, assembly overview
- Microswitch for headrest, adjusting
- Backrest (standard seat), replacing
- Seat pan (standard seat), replacing
- Guide for side airbag, assembly overview
- Seat adjustment switch, removing and installing
- Switch for 4-way lumbar support, removing and installing
- Control unit, removing and installing
- Forward and backward seat adjustment motor, assembly overview
- Seat height adjustment motor, assembly overview
- Seat cushion extension (sports seat), assembly overview
- Motor for backrest inclination adjustment, assembly overview
- Backrest cover panel, assembly overview
- Backrest frame, assembly overview
- 4-way lumbar support, assembly overview
- Lumbar support adjustment motors, assembly overview
- Head restraint, removing and installing
- Rear footwell light, removing
- Seat pan spring pad with wiring harness, assembly overview
- Seat wiring assignment
- Backrest wiring assignment
- Seat backrest wiring harness, assembly overview
- Rear seats
- Front seats
- 74 - Seats - Upholstery, Covers
- Front seat covers and padding
- Seat pan cover and padding (standard seat), removing and installing
- Backrest cover and padding (sports seat, standard seat), removing and installing
- Head restraint guides, removing and installing
- Seat heating element (standard seat), replacing
- Backrest heating element, removing and installing
- Cover and padding for head restraint with slide-in locking mechanism, removing and installing
- Front seat covers and padding (memory seat, electric seat)
- Cover and padding for seat pan (standard seat), assembly overview
- Seat pan cover and padding (sports seat), assembly overview
- Backrest cover and padding (sports seat, standard seat), assembly overview
- Head restraint guides, removing and installing
- Seat heating element (standard seat), replacing
- Seat heating element (sports seat), replacing
- Backrest heating element, replacing
- Cover and padding for head restraint with slide-in locking mechanism, removing and installing
- Rear seat covers and padding
- Seat cover and padding for rear seat bench, assembly overview
- Heating element for rear seat bench, replacing
- Cover and padding for rear seat backrest, assembly overview
- Heating element for rear seat backrest, replacing
- Head restraint guides, removing and installing
- Cover and padding for center armrest, removing and installing
- Removing and installing trim for through-load bag
- Ski bag, assembly overview
- Front seat covers and padding
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When to See a Mechanic
Stop DIY work and contact a certified mechanic immediately if any of the following apply:
- β’ You smell fuel, burning insulation, or see smoke.
- β’ Brakes feel soft, pull hard to one side, or make grinding noises.
- β’ The engine overheats, stalls repeatedly, or misfires under load.
- β’ You are missing required tools, torque specs, or safe lifting equipment.
- β’ You are not confident in the next step or safety outcome.