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Removing and installing electronically controlled damping control unit J250 — VW

Removing and installing electronically controlled damping control unit J250 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.

12 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Sharan II / SEAT Alhambra (7N, 2010–)

📋 Procedure

  1. Switch off all electrical consumers.
  2. Pull out ignition key.
  3. Switch off ignition and open driver's door so that the steering lock engages.
  4. Remove luggage compartment floor 70Luggage compartment trims.
  5. Fold floor covering to side.
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  1. Fold the seat of the left seat of the 3rd row of seats forwards.
  2. Cut open and fold up carpet at the beads (arrows).
  3. Press retaining lugs (arrows) outwards. Push electronically controlled damping control unit J250(1) out of the bracket.
  4. Release connector and pull off.
  5. Reconnect and lock connector.
  6. Push electronically controlled damping control unit J250 into bracket until lugs (arrows) audibly engage.
  7. Perform basic setting of adaptive chassis control DCC .

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.