Installing wiper motor: VW Passat CC / CC

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Passat CC (357, 2008–2012), VW CC (358, 2012–2017)

📋 Procedure

1. Allow wiper motor to move to park position.
2. ⚠ Danger from pinching!Danger of becoming caught/pinched in the rotating partsFollowing removal, do not hold wiper motor in area of rotating parts. — Reconnect battery, reconnect connector to wiper motor and operate wiper switch briefly (flick wipe).
3. Pull connector off wiper motor and disconnect battery again.
4. Install wiper motor with control unit to wiper frame, ensuring it seats correctly in cut-outs (arrows) in linkage.
5. Fit retaining plate (1) and install securing bolts (arrows).

6. Tighten securing bolts (arrows) to specified torque .
7. Fit motor crank (4) onto shaft of wiper motor (2) so that the three illustrated points (1), (2) and (3) are on the same line.
8. Screw motor crank (2) onto shaft of wiper motor with secure nut (1).
9. Tighten securing nut (1) to specified torque .
10. Press ball head (arrow) of linkage (1) onto motor crank.

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