Removing and installing fresh air blower V2, RHD vehicles: VW Golf VII Variant / Golf VII
Step-by-step removing and installing fresh air blower V2, RHD vehicles for the VW Golf VII Variant / Golf VII: 10 steps.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Golf VII Variant (BA), VW Golf VII (5G, 2012–2020)
📋 Procedure
- Remove baffle plate .
- Remove glove compartment General body repairs, interior68Compartments/covers; Removing and installing glove compartment.
- Removing footwell vent on front passenger side .
- Disconnect electrical connectors.
- Remove bolts (2).
- Unclip retaining tabs (arrows).
- Remove fresh air blower V2(1)downwards (in direction of arrow).
- Push fresh air blower V2 onto centring pins (3).
- Read event memory, and clear any entries displayed vehicle diagnostic tester in "“Guided fault finding”" mode.
- As a final step, check operation of fresh air blower V2.
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Who makes these pages, and how
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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