Removing and installing glass panel, estate — VW
Removing and installing glass panel, estate on VW: 11 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 AU1, BX5
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- To unscrew bolts, use a magnetic tool so that bolts do not fall into mechanism of panoramic sliding roof.
- New bolts must always be used when installing glass panel.To screw in bolts, use a magnetic tool so that bolts do not fall into panoramic sliding roof guide.
- Insert glass panel (1) from above (arrows a) into tilt mechanism (3). Screw bolts (2) in; do not tighten.
📋 Procedure
- Open glass panel (2) until trims (1) are accessible.
- Slide interior trims (1) out towards rear in (direction of arrow). [Note: To unscrew bolts, use a magnetic tool so that bolts do not fall into mechanism of panoramic sliding roof.]
- Pull seal (3) from assembly frame.
- Unscrew bolts (2) from glass panel (1) on left and right.
- Remove glass panel upwards (arrows). [Note: New bolts must always be used when installing glass panel.To screw in bolts, use a magnetic tool so that bolts do not fall into panoramic sliding roof guide.]
- If necessary, shift tilting mechanism (3) on both sides until markings (5) form a line (arrows b).
- Insert glass panel (1) from above (arrows a) into tilt mechanism (3). Screw bolts (2) in; do not tighten.
- Adjusting front glass panel .
- Tighten bolts (2).
- Place trim (2) onto glass panel (1) and push onto fasteners.
- On completion of all work, carry out normalisation run for sliding roof motor .
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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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