Removing and installing drive for rear lid: VW Touran II
Step-by-step removing and installing drive for rear lid for the VW Touran II: 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
Fits: VW Touran II (5T, 2015–)
📋 Procedure
- Detach D-pillar trim General body repairs, interior70Trims, interior; Removing and installing D-pillar trim.
- Separate electrical connectors for wires of rear lid drive (1) on inside of D-pillar.
- Pull out wires with rubber grommet (6).
- Support rear lid.
- Push drive towards ball-head pin.
- Insert a small screwdriver (3) under spring clips (2)(arrows a).
- Raise spring clips (2) until spring clips can be moved over ball sockets.
- Pull off rear lid drive (1) from ball-head pins (4)(arrows b).
- Push drive (1) with ball sockets onto ball studs (6)(arrows b) until they engage audibly.
- Route wiring with rubber grommet (2) and push in rubber grommet firmly (arrow a).
- Join electrical connectors for wires of rear lid drive (3).
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