Removing and installing dash panel cover on driver side — VW
Removing and installing dash panel cover on driver side on VW: 10 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 138
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- During installation, bolts must be installed in the sequence (2), (3) and (4).
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition.
- Remove dash panel end cover .
- Remove rotary light switchEX1Electrical system96Controls; Removing and installing rotary light switch EX1.
- Loosen gap cover of upper steering column trim .
- Pull storage compartment (1) out of mounting brackets.
- Remove bolts (2).
- Remove bolts (3).
- Remove bolt (4).
- Release trim panel from dash panel.
- Disconnect connector from headlight range control. [Note: During installation, bolts must be installed in the sequence (2), (3) and (4).]
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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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