How to replace central console - MMI control, handbrake button on Audi A6 (C6 4F) 

Here in 2023 this video just helped me fix my A6. Thank you so much

With the aid of your super video, I was able to replace the plastic (fake metal) trim around the gear shift on my 2010 A6. Although you were addressing another situation, your pictures and audio clearly showed me how to replace that nasty trim piece. During a below-zero stretch of 3 days, the metallic-looking finish on the trim piece distorted and bubbled up. Looked very bad. Dealer said it would be about $1,000 to tear into the console, find that trim and replace it. "BS"!. I ordered the piece from Audi for $60 and with your video as a guide, installed it myself... took 30 minutes. Thanks, man. GREAT video.

Thanks for this great, easy to understand, and complete video. I found that two “side pull” bicycle spokes with spoke nipples and washers or knobs work great for pulling the rear air vent. Saves a bit of money. It takes a surprising amount of force to pull the vent out. I spilled half a cup of coffee all over the MMI buttons - seemed okay for a bit, then everything flashed bright, the display turned off and the buttons stopped working. Following these instructions I managed to take things apart, then I washed the plastic and metal parts, and cleaned the circuit board with alcohol and Qtips. I used an anti static bag (from a PC motherboard) to keep the electronics safe. I put it all back together and everything worked fine! DIY... always better!

I just had to comment on how you are such an awesome Dad ! Great Patience with your little boy. Makes me smile having raised 9 children myself, been there, done that over and over. Never know If I lost the part or if little hands made off with it. :) Great Job on your videos. Has helped me work on my sons A6 more then once. Thank you.

I'm planning to remove my MMI console for some cleaning job and this video is definitely helpful. Thank you and your lovely family for making it!

Thanks so much for the detailed video. I'm no expert but I managed to change the broken button. Yeaaaah!!!!

Thank you! I succesfully replaced the middleconsole of my A6 this week!

Thanks man I left my sunroof crack and water got into my parking brake switch and parking malfunction kept popping up so order a new parking brake switch Tried it before putting it before I installed and it work thanks dude your awesome man god bless you and your family.

You just saved me $1,400.00 -$50.00 part on eBay -thank you!

Wow man, you are my hero, great job!!! Love how you treat your family while getting the job done ;)

This is really nice , clear and detailed video. Even the young assistant fit in it :) .

Awesome video. Great dad with plenty patience. I’m in the process in removing my MMI thank you.

Please thank the little man. His input was thoroughly entertaining. 😂

Great Job, thanks and nice patience with your son!

Just replaced the EPB switch in my A6 Allroad with the help of this video. Only took an hour with this for reference. Thanks for the video, brilliant job..

Hey man thanks! This instructional video saved me a lot of money with my '08 S6. My MMI died because of spilled soda. Had to replace the circuit board.

Thank you for your video, I have to replace the mmi and this will definitely help me. All the best for you and your family!

Thanks for the great video. We had the electronic parking brake stuck on the A6 so we followed your advice and stripped out the switch and when we cleaned all the grit and dirt out of it it worked fine. We had a new switch so we fitted it anyway. We managed to get it all back together even without a little helper. He's a cute guy! Thanks again. David

thanks! excellent video. replaced an MMI controller, peeled brake switch and stop/start switch + replaced a defective older cup holder! appreciate the time you took to video this

Great video.....just changed my faulty MMI control unit today.....wouldn't have attempted it without your help!! Thank you.

Thank you man you save me so much money.. i didnt have to buy the hooks. Or removal tools. When i open the 2 side i put my hand in the back of the vent and push it out. And i use a butter knife to remove =)

Thank you for this video, it was very helpful. I also look forward to your AC video. You are a blessed man, you have a beautiful family. Take care

Малой молодец!!! Отцу помогает

Great video, saved me loads of time and I didn't break anything! 😂 Thanks for posting

Thank you very much for your instructions ❤ I could save so much money 💰 I wish you all the best 🙏

Great video! This saved me so much money doing it myself. I bought the circuit board for $50. Audi wanted $500 to replace it.

You won my like by your patience with your incredible litlle helper.

Thank you so much man! Just like a lot of people have said, you saved me so much money and you made it easy.

This is a fantastic video, it's really helped me, the only thing I would say is when removing the back piece, after taking out the vents, there are two clips on either side which you didn't mention, which are a bastard to release, I ended up snapping both, other than that I can't thank you enough for this guide.

"Uhh just watch this video in a mirror idk"🤣🤣🤣

Video made in 2014 , center console swap today 9 oct 2019 . Thank you for the video!

Its great movie wery help for me. You speak Slow i and cleary and I understand everything

Thanks for the your time and effort. Best wishes for you and your family. Great job. I just ordered new console for my Audi. Now, I gonna do it.

The video looks very clear, thank you for providing very useful information. I wanted to replace the cigarette lighter and plug in a usb charging socket for ipad and iphone charging. It was very helpful for you to inform. Thank you for your efforts.

Thank you very much! I've replaced the console myself using this guide. Bravo!!! Cheers from Italy

thank you very much im planing to upgrade the panels to piano black so i had to watch how to thanks

Thankyou for taking the time to make this video. It made the job so much easier for me. You have a very helpful assistant with you. 😉

Thanks man, amazing work. I have the big round MMi button not functioning, I will proceed to clean and hope it 'll works. I 've just bought this used A6 with this problem. Probably caused by some drink spoiled over here... Best wishes. George

Thank you for this video. We have a coin stuck in the space where the lid of the cup holder is supposed to disappear when you open it. Your video might have solved my problem now. :)

Great video! I like the young apprentice!

Thank you, David. I greatly enjoy your lessons. Some coins fell behind the cover of the first box (light and cup), so I will have to do all this just to remove them! ;-P All the best, from Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Thanks for the video! I have also some spilled coke in the MMI console making the buttons sticky as well as a "semi-short circuit" in the MMI system. Looking forward to getting this problem fixed!

such great content I used this video to replace the mmi on my a6 yesterday!!

Fantastic chap and verry helpful. Thanks for sharing your skills my friend

Hi Nikolay, Much appreciate your sharing your knowledge in such generous way. All the best to you and your family. Mark

Hi! It's really for me, like back from the future.) You did this kind of a job with your family?) And without any kind of nervous?) Big respect!

Thanks mate, everybody likes your movies 💪💪

Thanks a lot, I just changed my hand brake button. You saved me a fortune. Really appreciate the video, thanks mate.

Not at all, I learned a lot from your videos, and I will keep following your videos.

Thanks to you and your helper, the video was a great help .

Very helpful!!! Whit your help I have need just 3 hours to remove the cupholder. Thx

Thanks so much for this. It helped me immensely. 👍🏻👍🏻

Excellent tutorial..you make it look easy.😊 Thank you so much.

This video helped me immensely, any chance you could do one on removing the steering wheel?

Thank you so so much man, I wish you and your family will be happy forever.

Perfect! This Guy helped me as video car mechanic! I did exactly same, and changed, working. You have my subscribe and thumb up!

Great video. A little long but worth it. Love the family effort involved. Great little helper.

thank you very much. This will help me to remove the center console in my A6. Greetings from the Netherlands

Great Video! Helped me a lot! I spilled coffee on my buttons and now I got them cleaned! thanks,

That was a fantastic tutorial, Thank you 🥂

Super Valdi. Paldies baigi Labs video izstaisiits. Es tagad gatavojos izstiiriit manu cosuli daudzas pogas salipushas . Taa tik turpinaat

First of all, thank you for walking us through step-by-step. How easy is it to break the clips on the side trim panels? Also, if I need to replace the rear cigarette lighter, can I do so without lifting the entire console?

Made it look easy! Legend

I enjoyed the video especially your assistant lmbo. That's exactly how my son is.

Thank you mate for the good job 💪

Thank you very7 much, cig lighterm not working and you have told me how to get to it Ta

Legend great video need to do this on mine dropped drink on the MMI no buttons working at all now 🙄 most likely will need a new unit or do you think I'll get away with a good clean up?

Спасибо за подробный разбор

Thanks, it helped me a lot.

Thank You. And You Have The patients of A SAINT!!

boss thank you . i'm wrapping my 2012 a6 center console!

Excellent vid, excellent family, top man.

Nikolay Maximov, for some stupid reason RU-vid doesn't allow me to reply to your comment - I hope you will see this comment. You are actually not the first person to ask me about AC controls (Climatronic), I think, I should be able to do the video at some point next week.

great help, thank you very much! the switch is replaced.

thank you for this video. the first time took me 1 and a half day and the second time 2 hours :)

Hi, is the parking brake switch an actual electrical component or just a mechanical lever? I have a parking brake malfunction after a spill and the mechanic is advising replacing the parking brake module which rests in the boot which doesn't make sense so I want to start with this

Very useful have an a5 and seems most seems very similar

I'll Just call you WAM for short...lol. Thanks so much for your video. Just purchased '05 A6 Quattro 3.2 and a '04 S4 Both in excellent condition. Subscribed and Thanks Again. Tod

I have a question. My mmi control head isn' t working, so i have to change it with a new one. After the change, have i to remove component protection or it is plug and play?

Thank you for a great video, just want to double up on the positive comments.

thnx to you I did it in 45 minutes. thnx a lot.

everything is fine, but after installation, when I turn on setup or car, I get the message "navigation is not installed"!?!?

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Great video :) thanks for the tutorial, don't need to wonder around now

Thank you for the great description

Hey there man, thanks for the video, just put it back together but theres no power going to my Park brake I have a 2010 Audi A6 2.7 tdi Any reset codes or advice? Thanks man

Nice work & great camera work too...

Great video, and a lovely family :-) - Please show us how to get to the TPMS unit; I was told it is located in the middle of the car under the dash.

Nice video, very helpful, many thanks for making this video.

Thanks for uploading bro.useful video.all the best.

Good job mate. Very helpful. Thank you

Thank you! Skål from Sweden!

Brilliant thanks 😊

Cutest tutorial ever.

Hello, Can you please make a video on how to change the center A/C console? My A6 buttons got all scratched up and I want to replace them. I want to know what to do before I go in and break anything! Thanks!

Very good, thanx bro.

Epic video! Very much appreciated. Thank You.

Nice job. Thank you

Hello, need your help, on the handbrake button of my car a bit cola fallen down, and now inside the metter gives me sing or handbrake, do you think if i open and dry it and i gonna work?

Thanks for a very good and helpfull video./Jesper👍😊😊😊