Removing and installing front interior light and reading light (vehicles with sliding sunroof) — VW
Removing and installing front interior light and reading light (vehicles with sliding sunroof) on VW: 14 steps, 1 torque figure.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform code 5M1
- Special tools named: 3409
🔩 Torque settings
Values can differ between engine variants — check the code stamped on your block.
| Torque | Fastener / step |
|---|---|
| 2 Nm (1.5 lb-ft) | Remove securing bolts (1 |
ℹ️ Always cross-check the exact figure against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening — a wrong torque can damage the engine. These values are extracted from workshop data and may not cover every variant or revision.
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ When removing and installing components that are in view (switches, covers, trim and so on), mask off areas in which tools (removal wedgeVAS 3409, screwdriver) are used to lever out those components using commercially available tape. — Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers.
- Carefully lever cover for interior/reading light out of mounting frame (arrows) using a removal wedgeVAS 3409 or a suitable screwdriver.
- Remove securing bolts (1) (2 Nm) and release locking lugs (2). — 2 Nm (1.5 lb-ft)
- Disconnect connectors (arrows).
- Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers.
- Remove interior light .
- Press contact plate (1) of light in direction of arrow and remove festoon bulb (2) from holder.
- Renew festoon bulb (12 V, 10 W).
- Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers.
- Remove interior light .
- Turn bulb holder (arrows) of defective reading lamp by 90° to the left.
- Remove bulb holder together with bulb out of reading lamp.
- Carefully pull glass-base bulb out of bulb holder.
- Renew glass-base bulb (12 V, 5 W).
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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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The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.