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Hello everybody!

I would like to update the old-school black window switches to the new chromed ones.
These (photo from the internet):

1741005915749.pngVETRA · 3 Mar 2025 at 2:17 PM

 

to these (my car photo B|):

1741006031289.pngVETRA · 3 Mar 2025 at 2:17 PM

 

The driver's door is plug-n-play đŸ€˜ 😀
But for the passenger's doors it's not so easy on my car.
My A2 is an early-production one - it has different (old-school) connectors.
In the picture below you see the new window button (with the new connector) and the connector that my car has:

IMG_5121.JPEGVETRA · 3 Mar 2025 at 2:17 PM

The new button has 4-pin connector, while the old one has 10-pin connector.
This picture shows both buttons side-by-side:

IMG_5118.JPEGVETRA · 3 Mar 2025 at 2:17 PM

We can see that only pins 1, 2 and 5 are used in the old button.

Now - here are the diagrams:
Audi A2 Model-year 2000+

IMG_1930.jpegVETRA · 3 Mar 2025 at 2:17 PM

 

The new chromed buttons are for A3 8P...

1741080637161.png

Here are the diagrams for the A3:
Front passenger:

Screenshot 2025-03-04 102159.pngVETRA · 4 Mar 2025 at 10:43 AM

Rear passengers:

Screenshot 2025-03-04 101336.pngVETRA · 4 Mar 2025 at 10:43 AM

Screenshot 2025-03-04 101611.pngVETRA · 4 Mar 2025 at 10:43 AM

 

So, focusing on the A3 right rear passenger door (assuming before November 2005):

E54 (window switch) pins connects to J389 unit pins
1 --> T32f / 23
2 --> T32f / 4
3 --> T32f / 8

 

My car:

E107 (window switch) pins connects to J387 unit pins
1 --> T32d / 6
2 --> T32d / 25
5 --> T32d / 21

So my question is down to J387 and J389 units pinouts assignment, particularly how do the mentioned above pins correspond?

How can I connect wires from my old-type connector to the new-type button?

 

Thank you! 

:audi::heart-32pix:

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Posted

Oh my God!

Thank you so much for the unbelievably clear answer! You won't believe how long I was searching for this :HURRA::HURRA::HURRA:

Thanks @Aida, thanks @janihani, thanks A2-freun.de! :audi::heart-32pix:

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On 4/9/2025 at 11:41 AM, VETRA said:

ou won't believe how long I was search

 

On 4/8/2025 at 7:12 PM, VETRA said:

Hello everybody!

I would like to update the old-school black window switches to the new chromed ones.
These (photo from the internet):

1741005915749.pngVETRA · 3 Mar 2025 at 2:17 PM

 

to these (my car photo B|):

1741006031289.pngVETRA · 3 Mar 2025 at 2:17 PM

 

The driver's door is plug-n-play đŸ€˜ 😀
But for the passenger's doors it's not so easy on my car.
My A2 is an early-production one - it has different (old-school) connectors.
In the picture below you see the new window button (with the new connector) and the connector that my car has:

IMG_5121.JPEGVETRA · 3 Mar 2025 at 2:17 PM

The new button has 4-pin connector, while the old one has 10-pin connector.
This picture shows both buttons side-by-side:

IMG_5118.JPEGVETRA · 3 Mar 2025 at 2:17 PM

We can see that only pins 1, 2 and 5 are used in the old button.

Now - here are the diagrams:
Audi A2 Model-year 2000+

IMG_1930.jpegVETRA · 3 Mar 2025 at 2:17 PM

 

The new chromed buttons are for A3 8P...

1741080637161.png

Here are the diagrams for the A3:
Front passenger:

Screenshot 2025-03-04 102159.pngVETRA · 4 Mar 2025 at 10:43 AM

Rear passengers:

Screenshot 2025-03-04 101336.pngVETRA · 4 Mar 2025 at 10:43 AM

Screenshot 2025-03-04 101611.pngVETRA · 4 Mar 2025 at 10:43 AM

 

So, focusing on the A3 right rear passenger door (assuming before November 2005):

E54 (window switch) pins connects to J389 unit pins
1 --> T32f / 23
2 --> T32f / 4
3 --> T32f / 8

 

My car:

E107 (window switch) pins connects to J387 unit pins
1 --> T32d / 6
2 --> T32d / 25
5 --> T32d / 21

So my question is down to J387 and J389 units pinouts assignment, particularly how do the mentioned above pins correspond?

How can I connect wires from my old-type connector to the new-type button?

 

Thank you! 

:audi::heart-32pix:

Do you have the part numbers for the new buttons?

I am interested in replacing the driver's side but i do not know exactly what part to buy. 

Also can you do something about the photos? They are not visible in the post. 

Thank you. 

 

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