Audi A6 Typ 4G: Component Location Overview - Storage Compartment/Covers

1 - Center Console

• Overview. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Center Console".

2 - Driver Side Instrument Panel Cover

• Overview. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Driver Side Instrument Panel Cover".

3 - Trim Panel

• For the steering column switch module
• Overview. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Steering Column Trim Panel".

4 - Instrument Panel

  WARNING

Follow all Safety Precautions when working with pyrotechnic components. Refer to → Chapter "Pyrotechnic Components Safety Precautions".

• Overview. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Instrument Panel".

5 - Central Tube

• For the instrument panel
• Overview. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Instrument Panel Central Tube".

6 - Glove Compartment

• Overview. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Glove Compartment".

7 - Front Center Armrest

• Overview. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Front Center Armrest".

Overview - Driver Side Instrument Panel Cover

1 - Light Switch -E1-

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Electrical Equipment; Rep. Gr.96; Controls; Overview - Instrument Panel Controls.

2 - Bolt

• 3 Nm
• Quantity: 2

3 - Left Front Footwell Illumination Bulb -L151-

• Equipment levels
• Removing and installing. Refer to → Electrical Equipment; Rep. Gr.96; Lamps; Left/Right Front Footwell Illumination Bulb L151/L152, Removing and Installing

4 - Bolt

• 3 Nm

5 - Side Cover

• For the instrument panel
• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Instrument Panel Side Cover, Removing and Installing".

6 - Clip

• Install in the foot rest

7 - 16-Pin Connector -T16-

• Data Link Connector (DLC)

8 - Driver Side Instrument Panel Cover

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Driver Side Instrument Panel Cover, Removing and Installing".

9 - Spring Clip

• For the driver side instrument panel cover
• Quantity: 5
• Different version. For allocation. Refer to the Parts Catalog
• Replace damaged or deformed spring clips
• Press correctly into the instrument panel

10 - Lower Cover

• For the instrument panel
• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Front Footwell Cover, Removing and Installing".
• Replace damaged or deformed spring clips on the Air Conditioning (A/C) System

11 - Bolt

• 3 Nm

12 - Cap

• Press into the cover

Overview - Steering Column Trim Panel

1 - Steering Column Adjustment Switch -E167-

• Equipment levels
• Removing and installing. Refer to → Electrical Equipment; Rep. Gr.96; Controls; Steering Column Adjustment Switch E167 and Steering Wheel Heating Button E522, Removing and Installing

2 - Lower Trim Panel

• For the steering column switch module
• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Lower Steering Column Trim Panel, Removing and Installing".

3 - Steering Column Switch Module

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Electrical Equipment; Rep. Gr.94; Steering Column Switch Module; Steering Column Switch Module, Removing and Installing.

4 - Gap Cover

• For instrument cluster
• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Instrument Cluster Gap Cover, Removing and Installing".
• Press on until it engages audibly.

5 - Bolt

• 3 Nm
• Quantity: 2

6 - Gap Cover

• For the instrument panel
• Quantity: 2
• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Instrument Cluster Gap Cover, Removing and Installing".

7 - Upper Trim Panel

• For the steering column switch module
• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Upper Steering Column Trim Panel, Removing and Installing".

8 - Bolt

• 1.5 Nm
• Quantity: 2

9 - Bolt

• 1.5 Nm

Overview - Glove Compartment

1 - Storage Compartment

• Equipment levels
• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Storage Compartment, Removing and Installing".

2 - Cold Air Vent/Blind Cover

• Equipment levels

3 - Bolt

• 3 Nm
• Quantity: 2 or 3 depending on the equipment level
• Quantity: 3, for market versions with knee airbag

4 - Hinge Pin

• Quantity: 2
• For the glove compartment lid

5 - Glove Compartment

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Glove Compartment, Removing and Installing".

6 - Brake Component

• For the glove compartment lid
• With Glove Compartment Lamp Switch -E26-
• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Glove Compartment Lid Dampening Mechanism, Removing and Installing".

7 - Hinge Pin

• For the brake component

8 - Bolt

• 3 Nm
• Quantity: 3, for market versions without knee airbag
• Quantity: 5, for market versions with knee airbag

9 - Right Front Footwell Illumination Bulb -L152-

• Equipment levels
• Removing and installing. Refer to → Electrical Equipment; Rep. Gr.96; Lamps; Left/Right Front Footwell Illumination Bulb L151/L152, Removing and Installing

10 - Glove Compartment Lamp -W6-

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Electrical Equipment; Rep. Gr.96; Lamps; Glove Compartment Lamp W6, Removing and Installing.

11 - Front Passenger Airbag Deactivation Key Switch -E224-

Not for North American market.

12 - Glove Compartment Cover

• Activate the glove compartment cover emergency release. Refer to → Chapter "Glove Compartment Lid Emergency Release, Operating".
• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Glove Compartment Lid, Removing and Installing".

13 - Glove Compartment Opener

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Glove Compartment Handle, Removing and Installing".
• Press into the glove compartment cover until it engages audibly
• Market-specific with knee airbag: with additional threaded connection → Fig. "Glove Compartment Handle with Additional Threaded Connection, Vehicle Versions with Knee Airbag"

Glove Compartment Handle with Additional Threaded Connection, Vehicle Versions with Knee Airbag

- Tighten the screw -arrow- to 1.8 Nm.

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