Removing and installing coupling station below relay carrier, vehicles 10.99 ▸ — VW
Removing and installing coupling station below relay carrier, vehicles 10.99 ▸ on VW: 13 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 code 6N1
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📋 Procedure
- Disconnect battery .
- Remove bolt (1) and take off cover (2).
- Remove bolts (arrows) from driver side storage compartment (3).
- Take out driver side storage compartment (3).
- Detach coupling station (arrow) below relay carrier and pull down slightly.
- Disconnect all multi-pin connectors.
- To unclip multi-pin connector: release retaining lugs (arrows) and push connector (1) out to rear out of coupling station.
- Take coupling station out downwards.
- Install multi-pin connector and insert coupling station. [Note: Multi-pin connector pin assignment]
- Install driver side storage compartment (3).
- Tighten securing bolts (arrows) for driver side storage compartment (3).
- Install cover (2) and tighten bolt (1).
- Connecting battery .
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