Removing and installing lock carrier cover — VW
Removing and installing lock carrier cover on VW: 6 steps, 3 torque figures. What to remove, what to tighten and to how many Nm, what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
- Renewed: if necessary
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- Before installing, check all fasteners for damage and renew if necessary.
- Following installation, ensure that lock carrier cover is positioned in rear lid seal beading.
🔩 Torque settings
Values can differ between engine variants — check the code stamped on your block.
| Torque | Fastener / step |
|---|---|
| 1.5 Nm (1.1 lb-ft) | Remove bolt (1 |
| 1.5 Nm (1.1 lb-ft) | Undo and remove bolts (2) and (3 |
| 3 Nm (2.2 lb-ft) | Remove nut (1 |
ℹ️ Always cross-check the exact figure against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening — a wrong torque can damage the engine. These values are extracted from workshop data and may not cover every variant or revision.
📋 Procedure
- Lift up floor covering of luggage compartment.
- Remove bolt (1) (1.5 Nm). — 1.5 Nm (1.1 lb-ft)
- Release retainers (3) on lower left and right.
- Pull lock carrier cover (2) upwards off lock carrier (arrows), release upper retainers (4) for this.
- Install in reverse order of removal. [Note: Before installing, check all fasteners for damage and renew if necessary.]
- Following installation, ensure that lock carrier cover is positioned in rear lid seal beading.
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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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