Removing and installing information electronics control unit 1 — VW
Removing and installing information electronics control unit 1 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: VW Touareg II (7P, 2010–2018)
- Special tools named: T10057
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- After renewing, the control unit must be unlocked using the vehicle diagnostic tester. This currently only applies to the following countries: Argentina, Brazil and India.
📋 Procedure
- If the control unit is replaced, please select the "“Replace”" function of the respective control unit in "“Guided fault finding”".
- Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers.
- Remove glove compartment General body repairs, interior68Storage compartments covers and trim; Removing and installing glove compartment.
- Release connectors (2) to (7) and pull off. [Note: The optical fibre conductor is very sensitive mechanically.It must be ensured that the optical fibre conductor is not kinked or excessively bent.The bending radius must not be below 25 mm in diameter.A kinked optical fibre conductor is no longer usable, since data transmission in a kinked optical fibre conductor is no longer fault-free.Do not remove the protective caps on the ends of the optical fibre conductor until the optical fibre conductor is connected to the respective terminal.]
- Slide release tool T10057 into the release slots (arrows) until they engage.
- Pull information electronics control unit 1 out of the mounting frame by grasping the loops of the release tools and pulling in (direction of arrow). [Note: After renewing, the control unit must be unlocked using the vehicle diagnostic tester. This currently only applies to the following countries: Argentina, Brazil and India.]
- Press "“GoTo”" button.
- Select "“Function/component selection”".
- Select "“software version management”".
- Select "“function unlocking system”".
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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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