Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing side padding
| Special tools and workshop equipment
required |
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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 ...
Other materials:
Release tool set -VAS 1978/35
Release tool set -VAS 1978/35- serves as a means of
releasing various primary and secondary locking devices in Group
vehicles. The set comprises 26 different tools which can be use
to fit or release for example round connector systems, flat
contacts with ...
Front view
Fig. 2 Overview of the front of the vehicle
Key for :
Sensor or camera window on the mirror
base for:
Rain sensor
Main beam assist (Light Assist)
Lane departure warning system (Lane Assist)
Road sign recognition
Windscreen
W ...
Removing and installing lower suspension link, vehicle with manual gearbox
or dual clutch gearbox 0CW
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-
Removing
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Loosen wheel bolts.
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