Car mirrors are one of the most crucial safety features that you must always make sure are operating correctly, because it is your safety, the safety of other drivers and your budget because you can be fined if you have a faulty side mirror. This is the case we will focus on on this page, you have dealt with a crash, one of your side mirrors is ruined and you are now wondering how to change a side mirror on your Audi A5? You are at the right spot, we will detail all the procedures to help you replace it correctly. First of all, we’ll consider what attracts you on this website, how to change a complete side mirror on your Audi A5, and then how to replace only the mirror glass.
How to replace a complete side mirror on my Audi A5?
Let’s go, we start this guidebook with the part that likely concerns you the most, how to replace a side mirror on my Audi A5? This operation is quite easy and you should be able to do it on your own with a minimum amount of tooling. You will just need to remove the plastic cover inside your car’s interior, it is in most cases clipped on the door. For power mirrors, be sure to unplug the power connector that you will see behind the cover. Finally, you will have to unscrew the screws that hold the mirror, usually there are three, a simple screwdriver should do the trick to allow you to pass this step of changing the side mirror of your Audi A5. Make sure you keep the mirror on the outside of your vehicle when unscrewing the last screw, so that it does not fall out. Finally to install your new side mirror, you will simply have to fit the new one in the 3 screw axes, screw it back in, reconnect the electricity if it is electric and to finish reposition the plastic cover. That’s it, you’ve just learned how to replace the side mirror of your Audi A5, you see it wasn’t that hard to do.
How do you just replace the window of the side mirror of my Audi A5?
In the event you simply wish to replace the window of the side mirror of your Audi A5, you will first of all need to discover the type of locking of your mirror. To accomplish this, the easiest approach is to look at the fixing system on the replacement glass.
Side mirror glass replacing: tongue-locking glass
- If you wish to replace the side mirror glass of your Audi A5 and it uses a tongue and groove system, you are lucky, it is the easiest system to remove. All you have to do is to use a plastic thing to remove the window “by force”.
- To put it back in place, do the same and push it back right into place with force. To check that it is perfectly positioned, move it around.
Side mirror glass replacing: metal spring locking glass
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- With this locking system, to replace the side mirror glass of your Audi A5 you will have to find the locking spring, turn the glass in the opposite direction to give you access to it, disassemble it.
- Make sure you keep the spring because it is possible that you have not one supplied it with your new window, replace it on your new window, dismantle the old one paying attention to the electric cables in the event of defrosting system
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- Stick to the positioning guide (notch) and gently push it into its housing so as not to break it. Examine that it is well positioned by moving it around.
Side mirror glass replacing: swivel tray locking glass
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- You can locate the position of the swivel plate of the window to be changed on the side mirror of your Audi A5, most of the time it is at the bottom behind the window
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- Turn the glass in the opposite direction to give you much easier access to the device and using a screwdriver, rotate the device.
- If your mirror is furnished with a defrosting system, do the reverse operation to reattach it and check that it is perfectly placed.
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