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Removing and installing interior monitor send and receive module 1G303 — VW

Removing and installing interior monitor send and receive module 1G303 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.

12 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Passat B7 saloon (362, 2010–2014), VW Passat B7 Variant (365, 2010–2014)

📋 Procedure

  1. ⚠ When removing and installing components in areas on view, mask off areas in which leverage tools are used to lever out those components using commercially available adhesive tape. — Switch off ignition and all electrical loads, and pull out ignition key.
  2. Carefully lever off trim (1) at fasteners (arrows).
  3. Remove bolts (1), release locking lugs (arrows 3) and remove interior light (2) in direction of (arrow A) from moulded headliner, taking connected wiring length into consideration.
  4. Release and detach connectors (1), (2) and (3).
  5. Remove front interior light.
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  1. Remove the four screws (arrows A), release locking lugs (arrows B) and remove console from moulded headliner in (direction of arrow C).
  2. Pull connector (2) off interior monitor send and receive module 1G303(1).
  3. Release interior monitor send and receive module 1G303(1) at fasteners (arrows).
  4. Release the locking lugs of the interior monitoring sensors (arrows).
  5. Remove the interior monitoring sensors and the interior monitor send and receive module 1G303 from moulded headliner.
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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.