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Removing and installing one-piece backrest cover and padding — VW

Removing and installing one-piece backrest cover and padding 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.

10 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 612, 614

📋 Procedure

  1. Remove one-piece folding backrest .
  2. Remove head restraint.
  3. On the rear of the backrest, open the beading (2), pull out the zip ends (4) and open the zip (1). Fold up cover (3).
  4. Remove backrest release elements (1) and (2).
  5. Fold over cover (5) at the sides.
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  1. Carefully pull cover off over the head restraint guides.
  2. Remove cover and padding from backrest frame (3).
  3. Remove all padding clips (4).
  4. Remove cover (5) from padding.
  5. Use padding clip pliersV.A.G 1634 to secure the cover (5) to the padding with new padding clips (4).

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.