Audi Q5: Door Handle, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Move the door outer seal to the side and pull the cover -4- out through the opening.
- Remove the locking bolt -3- as far as the stop using a screwdriver.
- Pull the exterior door handle and hold it in the "opened" position.
- Push the lock cylinder bracket -2- toward the inside. While doing this, the exterior door handle lock in the "open" position.
- Remove the lock cylinder -1- from the door -arrow-.
Note
If the lock cylinder cannot be pressed out, slide the key into it and remove it with the key turned slightly.
- Pull the exterior door handle -1- in the direction of the -arrow-. This disengages the handle from the operating lever in the mounting bracket.
- Tilt the exterior door handle -1- outward -arrow- and remove it from the mount on the mounting bracket.
- In vehicles with the "keyless entry system", disconnect the connector -2- from the exterior door handle.
Installing
- Replace the exterior door handle washers -1- and -2- if damaged or brittle.
- Insert the exterior door handle -1--arrow A-. It must engage in the mount -2- on the mounting bracket -3-.
- Tilt the exterior door handle -1- in the direction of -arrow B- and slide the "coupling plate"-5- into the mounting bracket in front of the operating lever -4-.
- Press lock cylinder retaining bracket onto the exterior door handle.
- Install the lock cylinder. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Lock Cylinder".
Door Handle Trim, Removing and Installing
Note
In vehicles without "keyless entry", trim installed instead of the outer door handle touch sensor.
Removing
- Remove the outside door handle. Refer to → Chapter "Door Handle, Removing and Installing".
- Pry out the outer door handle trim -2- using a small screwdriver -1- at the location shown in the illustration -arrow-.
- Remove the trim from the exterior door handle -3-.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
- Slide the exterior door handle trim in until it engages audibly.
- Install the exterior door handle. Refer to → Chapter "Door Handle, Removing and Installing".
- Install the lock cylinder. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Lock Cylinder".
