Removing and installing exterior mirror, manually adjustable — VW
Removing and installing exterior mirror, manually adjustable on VW: 18 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 121, BL1
📋 Procedure
- If window winder is fitted, remove it .
- Remove front door trim General body repairs, interior70Door trims; Removing and installing front door trim.
- Remove cover or front loudspeaker Communication91Sound system; Overview of fitting locations - sound system.
- Detach connector (3) for exterior mirror (1).
- Pull off operating handle (7).
- Unscrew hexagon nut (6).
- Unscrew bolts (5) from exterior mirror (1).
- Swivel lower part of exterior mirror (1) away from the door a little (arrow a) and pull it downwards out of window channel (arrow b).
- If electrical wires (2 and 4) are present, thread thread them through opening in door.
- Check proper seating of foam element in door.
- Thread wires (3 and 5) for exterior mirror (1) through opening in door.
- Push exterior mirror (1) into window channel (2) from below (arrow a) and press the lower part onto the door (arrow b).
- Screw in and tighten bolts (6) for exterior mirror (1).
- Screw on and tighten hexagon nut (7) for exterior mirror (1).
- If fitted, connect connectors (2 and 5) for exterior mirror (1).
- Fit operating handle (8).
- Install front door trim General body repairs, interior70Door trims; Removing and installing front door trim.
- Install cover or front loudspeaker (4)Communication91Sound system; Overview of fitting locations - sound system.
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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.
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