Audi Q5: Door Lock Cable, Removing and Installing
Caution
There is a risk of malfunctions.
The door lock must be removed and installed together with the bracket to prevent overbending 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.
Removing
- Remove the door trim panel. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Front Door Trim Panels; Front Door Trim Panel, Removing and Installing.
- Remove the door cover → Chapter "Door Inner Cover, Removing and Installing".
- Turn the actuating link on the lever -1- 90º in the direction of -arrow A- and remove it from the bracket -2-.
- Rotate the cable on the door lock release lever -3- in the direction of -arrow B-.
- The cable must be aligned with the opening on the release lever.
- Disengage the actuating link -1- on the operating lever by pressing the bracket -3- out of the mount on the mounting bracket -2--arrow-.
- Remove the operating shaft.
Installing
- Engage the actuating link -3- in the door lock operating lever -2-.
- Insert the actuating link in the bracket -1- and rotate the lever -4- 90º -arrow-.
- The lever must engage audibly with the locking tab on the bracket.
- Install the door cover, refer to → Chapter "Door Inner Cover, Removing and Installing".
- Install the door trim panel. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Front Door Trim Panels; Front Door Trim Panel, Removing and Installing.
Operating Cable for Interior Door Mechanism, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Remove the lock cylinder. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Lock Cylinder".
- Remove the door trim panel. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Front Door Trim Panels; Front Door Trim Panel, Removing and Installing.
- Remove the door cover, refer to → Chapter "Door Inner Cover, Removing and Installing".
- Remove the door lock cover. Refer to → Chapter "Lock Cylinder Guide, Removing and Installing".
- Remove the bolts -arrows-.
- Move the door lock -1- to the side. Disconnect the connector -2-, if necessary.
- Disengage the actuating link -3- at the door lock bracket -2--arrow A-.
- Turn the nipple -1- 90º in the direction of -arrow B- and remove it from the door opener release lever -4-.
Installing
- Insert the nipple -2- in the door opener release lever -3--bottom arrow-.
- Rotate the nipple 90º -top arrow- and press the actuating link into the cable bracket on the door lock -1- until it engages audibly.
- Install the door lock cover, refer to → Chapter "Lock Cylinder Guide, Removing and Installing"
- Install the door cover, refer to → Chapter "Door Inner Cover, Removing and Installing".
- Install the door trim panel. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Front Door Trim Panels; Front Door Trim Panel, Removing and Installing.
- Install the lock cylinder. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Lock Cylinder".
Catch, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Remove the bolts -2- and the striker pin -1-.
Installing
Installation is performed in the reverse order of removal:
Note
- The striker pin backing must be position with the pins -arrows- exactly in the hole.
- The striker pins must be sheared off cleanly after sliding the striker pin.
- If a new part is being installed, then remove the sheared off pins from the striker pin.
- Striker Pin, Adjusting.
Outer Window Shaft Strip, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Window Slot Seal Tool - T40219-, quantity: 3
Note
- After removing with the door glass and window regulator still installed, the window shaft strip must be replaced.
- It is possible to remove without destroying only when the door glass and window regular are removed.
Removing
- Move the window into the "open" position.
- The door trim panel is removed. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Front Door Trim Panels; Front Door Trim Panel, Removing and Installing.
- Remove the exterior mirror. Refer to → Chapter "Exterior Rearview Mirror".
- Before the window shaft strip -1- can be removed, first disconnect it from the door hooks -arrows--2-.
- Insert the first Window Slot Seal Tool - T40219- on the mirror triangle between the outer window shaft strip and door window.
- Slide the first Window Slot Seal Tool - T40219- sideways and towards the rear to "dimension c".
- Pull the first Window Slot Seal Tool - T40219- upward and slide it into place into the window shaft strip.
Note
The mark on the Window Slot Seal Tool - T40219- must line up with the upper edge of the window shaft strip.
- Insert the second Window Slot Seal Tool - T40219- between the door window and the window shaft strip near the "B-pillar".
- Move the second Window Slot Seal Tool - T40219- to "dimension b" and fit it in from underneath.
- Insert the third Window Slot Seal Tool - T40219- near the "B-pillar" and move it side to side to "dimension a".
1) Measure all of the dimensions of the window shaft strip beginning from the "B-pillar".
- Dimension -a- = 185 to 230 mm.
- Dimension -b- = 350 to 385 mm.
- Dimension -c- = 520 ... 555 mm.
- Gently push the Window Slot Seal Tool - T40219- outward and release the window shaft strip.
- Unlock the window shaft strip completely in stages and remove it upward from the door flange.
Installing
WARNING
Do not pry open the hooks, if necessary they must be bent back into their original shape.
- Beginning at the "A-pillar", press the window shaft strip completely into the retaining hooks in the door.
- Install exterior mirror, refer to → Chapter "Exterior Rearview Mirror".
