Right Multifunction Buttons on Steering Wheel -E441- /Left Multifunction Buttons on Steering Wheel -E440-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, STEERING WHEEL WITH ROUND AIRBAG: Removing

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

-- Remove the driver airbag. Refer to AIRBAG UNIT WITH IGNITER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Draw sketches or take pictures of the wire routing in the steering wheel. This will ensure the original wire routing when installing.

-- Remove the connecting wires from the guides in the steering wheel.

-- Loosen the trim panel -2- with the multifunction buttons by hand -arrows- and remove it approximately 5 mm from the steering wheel -1-.

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-- Release the multifunction buttons -2- with the Trim Removal Wedge: 3409 next to the catches -3- (on the inside of the multifunction buttons). For this, place the Trim Removal Wedge:3409 first on the top and then on the bottom of the multifunction buttons -2-.

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-- While doing this, be careful of the connectors to the tiptronic switches -2-.

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-- Release and disconnect the connector -2- from the multifunction buttons.

-- Remove the decorative trim with the multifunction buttons from the steering wheel.

The multifunction buttons are attached to the decorative trim.

-- Disconnect and remove the connector -3- from the multifunction button -1-.

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-- Open the clips -arrows- and push the multifunction button -1- out of the decorative trim -2-.

The additional wire on the right multifunction button remains on the button.