Rear door ashtray problem.

[Ian Walton]

Hi, the lid on the rear door ashtray won't stay closed, is there a fix, as there doesn't seem to be anything broken, if I need to replace it, how do I remove the entire ashtray. It's a 08 A6.
Thanks Ian.

[Guest 2]

The ashtray part just pulls out, to remove the lid I'm guessing you'll need the door card off and detatch from behind.

[Northernstar002]

I've just replaced my rear right ashtray. Open the lid, slide out the removable innard. Thats the easy part.

There are 2 lugs - left and right that need to be compressed to let the ashtray craddle come out of the opening. I did mine by using a small flat blade screwdriver into the left hand side (nearest the front of the car) and levering that into the ashtray. Then it was a case of jiggling and pulling until it came free. Probably a better way of doing it but i didnt need to take the door card off.

[Ian Walton]

Thanks for the advice, much appreciated, I'll have go and see what happens.

[Northernstar002]

I bought a replacement from fleabay so i could see where the lugs were to start with. i wasnt concerned with breaking the old one to get it out so I wasnt being too careful but i still didnt break it. it's a bit frustrating as you cant really see what you're doing.

If i did it again i'd try to lever both lugs in and try and take it out squarely.

Good luck, let us know.

[Ian Walton]

Got the ash tray out with a feeler gauge pushed down outside of the tray which lifted it up and wedged it after prising out the tang with a small screwdriver ,then prised opposite tang out and it easily lifted out. Lid stayed closed nearly every time, but when I replaced it back in the door it wouldn't stay shut, rather annoying :-) time for a new one, EBay or somewhere else any suggestions?

Thanks Ian.