Removing and installing fuse holder in front left footwell — VW
Removing and installing fuse holder in front left footwell 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.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 6V2, 6V5
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- Fuse holder assignment .
📋 Procedure
- Disconnect battery .
- Remove screw (1) and take off cover (2).
- Remove screws (arrows) from driver side storage compartment (3).
- Take out driver side storage compartment (3).
- Unscrew cross-head screws (arrows) and remove lower cover.
- Remove bolts (arrows) for securing fuse holder.
- Pull fuse holder (arrow) downwards slightly.
- Press locking lugs (arrows) together and remove cover (1).
- Take fuses out of fuse holder.
- Pull locking slide (arrows) on the back of the fuse holder out of housing onto stop.
- Pull wiring out of fuse holder. [Note: Fuse holder assignment .]
- Connecting battery .
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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.
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