Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing side padding
| Special tools and workshop equipment
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Torque wrench -V.A.G 1410- |
| Vehicles with side airbag |
WARNING
| Observe general safety regulations when working on
airbag, belt tensioner and battery isolator units
(pyrotechnic components)
→ Chapter. |
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Disconnect battery
→ Electrical system; Rep. gr.27. |
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| Continued for all vehicles |
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Remove bench seat
→ Chapter. |
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Fold down rear seat backrest. |
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Detach retaining lug -3- from body. |
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Pull side padding with retaining brackets -2-
and -4- upwards. |
| Vehicles with side airbag |
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Disconnect wire for side airbag on side padding. |
| Install in reverse order, but note the following: |
| Vehicles with side airbag |
WARNING
| Ensure that nobody is in vehicle. |
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Connect vehicle battery
→ Electrical system; Rep. gr.27. |
 Note
| If airbag warning lamp -K75- indicates a fault following
installation, event memory must be read, deleted and then read
again → Vehicle
diagnostic tester. |
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→ Chapter „Assembly overview - side padding“ |
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Note
2 commercially available screwdrivers with a blade height of
0.4 mm and a blade width of 8 mm are required for removal.
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Note
The separating and connecting procedures are described for
the left side of the vehicle. The separating and connecting
procedures on the right sid ...
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