Removing and installing actuator — VW
Removing and installing actuator on VW: 12 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
Fits: platform codes A32, A33
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- The tank filler flap locking motor V155 must audibly engage.
📋 Procedure
- Remove fuel tank flap unit
- Side panel insulation General body repairs, interior70Luggage compartment trim; Removing and installing side panel trim for luggage compartment
- Disconnect connector (1) from onboard supply system (5).
- Pull tank filler flap locking motor V155(4) off side panel (arrow a).
- Remove tank filler flap locking motor V155(4) from tank flap cup (arrow b).
- Press out grommet (3) from side panel and pull out wiring harness (2) from side panel along with connector (1).
- Guide cable (2) with connector (1) through tank flap cup and attach grommet (3).
- Insert tank filler flap locking motor V155(4) into tank flap cup (arrow b).
- Push tank filler flap locking motor V155(4) onto side panel (arrow a). [Note: The tank filler flap locking motor V155 must audibly engage.]
- Connect connector (1) to onboard supply system (5).
- Side panel insulation General body repairs, interior70Luggage compartment trim; Removing and installing side panel trim for luggage compartment
- Install tank flap unit .
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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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