Removing and installing headlight, vehicles 10.99 ▸ — VW
Removing and installing headlight, vehicles 10.99 ▸ on VW: 10 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 code 6N1
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- The centring pin (2) must fit in recess (1).
📋 Procedure
- Disconnect battery .
- Remove front turn signal .
- Removing radiator grille General body repairs, exterior66Exterior equipment; Trims; Removing and installing radiator grille and trim frame.
- Disconnect connectors on fog lights.
- Remove front bumper General body repairs, exterior63Bumpers; Front bumper.
- Remove securing bolts (arrows).
- Carefully pull headlight forwards; disconnect multi-pin connector and remove headlight forwards.
- The centring pin (2) must fit in recess (1).
- Check function of headlight.
- Check headlight settings and adjust if necessary Descriptions of work.
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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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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