Right/Left MULTIFUNCTION Buttons On Steering Wheel -E441- / -E440-, Removing And Installing, 4-Spoke Steering Wheel: Notes

Special tools and workshop equipment required 

• Trim Removal Wedge: 3409 
• Torque Screwdriver: VAG1624 

The multifunction buttons -2- are attached to the trim molding -1-. The decorative trim -1- and the multifunction buttons -2- are attached to the steering wheel. The multifunction buttons -2- have an extra retainer -3-.

Fig 1: Identifying Multifunction Buttons Are Attached To Trim

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When removing, first make sure the decorative trim -1- can be loosened by hand (approximately 5 mm). Then, using the : 3409  , open the retainers -3- on the multifunction buttons -2- and remove the decorative trim -1- together with the multifunction buttons -2-.

Decorative Trim Retainers

Fig 2: Identifying Trim Retainers

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1. Decorative Trim

Arrows - catches

Multifunction Button Catches

Fig 3: Identifying Multifunction Button Retainers

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1. Multifunction Button
2. Retainer

-- Turn off the ignition and all electrical equipment and remove the ignition key.