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Old 20th January 2015, 01:28 PM
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Did this today.

the back panel of the roof liner just pulls straight off and gives you limited access to the underside of the aerial. The aerial has 2 cables going into it and they have small tabs that pull downwards on the outer edge of the connectors and then they pull off. The aerial is held on by a T30 bolt and once you've undone that they aerial has 2 small black plastic tabs that need gently squeezed and it pops out.

The replacement comes unpainted, however the cover is held onto the base by 6 T6 bolts that once undone, allow the cover to come off and be swapped over.

Under the cover was soaking on my original aerial, I applied a thin coat of clear silicon to the cover edge before putting it onto the new aerial base.

£102 later and job done, sat nav now knows where it is.

Poor piece of design by Blaupunkt who make these aerials methinks

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Old 20th January 2015, 03:07 PM
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nice work, well done!
Glad to know it can be got to if needs be as well. . .
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Old 11th January 2017, 09:02 PM
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Mine has just failed too so this thread is very handy thanks Duffy. The ACC and Audi braking guard have also disabled I assume because it uses Satnav positioning, anybody know? The ACC actually disabled when the brake pad low warning went off. Replacing pads and discs all round didn't clear this error so I can only assume its to do with the satnav.

Does anybody have the part number available please?

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Old 11th January 2017, 09:54 PM
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What model would this be on?
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Old 11th January 2017, 10:54 PM
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A 2011 D4 mate.
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Old 12th January 2017, 08:29 AM
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Its 4H0035503A or 4H0035503B depending on when the car was built.
Theres a few of them on Ebay etc. but a new one makes more sense if its a known issue.
It is originally made by Blaupunkt, it may be possible to get it directly from them.
Let us know how you get on.
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Old 12th January 2017, 03:03 PM
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I did try and get on from Blaupunkt but Audi was the only place that stocked them, must be common fail as they were on the shelf in the local stealer.
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