Checking function of ignition key withdrawal lock — VW
Checking function of ignition key withdrawal lock on VW: 11 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
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- It must be possible to move selector lever into "“R, N, D or S”"
📋 Procedure
- Selector lever in position "“P”"
- Switch off ignition
- Withdraw ignition key
- Replace defective parts
- Correct adjustment
- Depress brake pedal
- Insert ignition key and switch ignition on.
- Selector lever in position "“P”"
- It must be possible to move selector lever into "“R, N, D or S”"
- Depress brake pedal
- Selector lever in position "“P”"
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Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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