Removing and installing impact damper: VW Jetta VI
Step-by-step removing and installing impact damper for the VW Jetta VI: 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: VW Jetta VI (16, 2010–2018)
- Renewed: if necessary
Don't miss
- Before installing, check all fasteners for damage and renew if necessary.
📋 Procedure
- Disconnect battery earth cable with ignition switched on Electrical system27Battery; Connecting and disconnecting battery.
- Removing dash panel .
- Remove bolts (3).
- Remove impact damper (2) from dash panel central tube (1).
- Removing dash panel .
- Remove bolts (1).
- Remove impact damper (2) from dash panel.
- Remove glove compartment .
- Remove bolts (2).
- Remove impact damper (1) from dash panel. [Note: Before installing, check all fasteners for damage and renew if necessary.]
Other VW procedures
- Removing engine · 41 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft – VW Golf Cabriolet · 47 torque figures
- Adjusting valve timing – VW Passat B5 · 83 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshafts – VW Passat B6 · 39 torque figures
- Removing and installing coolant pump · 53 torque figures
- Installing 7-seater fixtures – VW Touran I · 1 torque figures
- Removing and installing control housing
- Removing gearbox, vehicles with 1.6 l/75 kW MPI engine – VW
- Removing and installing front door trim – VW · 3 torque figures
- Front seat belt (Saveiro "“single cab”" without pre-tensioner) - remove and install · 3 torque figures
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.
Seen a figure that does not match your manual? Write to us — we correct it and note when. support@torqfix.com
The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.