Blinker relay
replacement... Piece of cake User account
number (aid): 21363 Posted by SparTTan on
2005-01-11 20:59:59
My blinker relay, a part one would think would last the life of
the car, went bad: erratic blinking, no blinking, or nothing at all. This
relay is part of the hazard flasher assembly, P/N 8N0 941 509 A. I
replaced mine tonight, and I know that others have had this problem, so
here's the how-to.
First, you have to get the radio out. This
requires special tools that fit into the two slots at the bottom of the
radio. So rather than buy a set of tools I would use (hopefully) once, I
went to Best Buy and asked the mobile electronics installation guy to do
me a favor and pop out my radio. So he did.
Next, ease out the radio and gently set it down. No need to
disconnect it and send it into lock-down mode.
Take out the
plastic panel you see on the top of the radio slot in this picture.
It has a hole you can stick you finger in to yank it down.
It will drop down like this:
Note the piece duct tape I found at the back of the radio slot.
Was this really designed this way? I wonder what the official Audi P/N is
for duct tape...?
Next, pull down on this hinged plastic piece until it unsnaps. It
takes a bit of force, but it releases all of the dash buttons.
Then you can push the relay inwards through the hole...
... until it drops down (or until you can grab it).
Unplug the defective relay.
Plug your new relay in the wiring harness, feed it back up into
the hole, snap the lever back up into place (again, it takes a fair amount
of force), insert the plastic plate, slide the radio back in, and you're
done! Easy 10 minute job.