Removing and installing key operated switch to deactivate front passenger side airbag E224 — VW
Removing and installing key operated switch to deactivate front passenger side airbag E224 on VW: 11 steps.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Passat B5 (3B)
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers and pull out ignition key.
- Remove lower section of trim from A-pillar 70.
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Open the glove compartment (1).
- Remove glove compartment light (1).
- Separate connector (2).
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Carefully pull glove compartment out slightly.
- Push out key operated switch to deactivate front passenger side airbag E224(arrows) from behind.
- Push glove compartment back into its original position.
- Using a screwdriver, carefully open locking device and disconnect connector.
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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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