Removing and installing floor covering: VW Golf Sportsvan
Step-by-step removing and installing floor covering for the VW Golf Sportsvan: 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: VW Golf Sportsvan (AM1, 2014–2020)
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- Ensure that the floor covering is not torn in the area of the cut-outs. — Fold front floor covering, and remove it through front door aperture.
📋 Procedure
- Remove front seats .
- Remove rear seats .
- Remove sill panel mouldings .
- Remove lower A-pillar trims .
- Remove front belt end fittings .
- Remove centre console .
- Remove foot rest .
- If fitted, remove rear air duct Heating, air conditioning87Air duct; Assembly overview - air duct and air distribution in passenger compartment.
- Remove floor mats (1 and 2).
- Lift front floor covering (3) at rear, and pull it towards rear.
- ⚠ Ensure that the floor covering is not torn in the area of the cut-outs. — Fold front floor covering, and remove it through front door aperture.
- Remove rear seats .
- Remove wheel housing trim .
- If fitted, remove luggage compartment floor covering bracket .
- Remove clips (3) for luggage compartment floor covering.
- Pull out rear floor covering (1) from underneath luggage compartment floor covering (4).
- Pull out rear floor covering (1) from underneath front floor covering (2).
- Fold rear floor covering, and remove it through rear door aperture.
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