Removing and installing rear interior lightWX2 — VW
Removing and installing rear interior lightWX2 on VW: 8 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: platform code BE1
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- Electrical connector must face direction of travel.
- Press locking mechanism (1) in direction of arrow (C). Catches (2) must engage audibly.
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ Danger of damage to component surfaces.When using leverage tools, mask visible areas of the component with commercially available adhesive tape. — Lever out lens (1) in direction of arrow (A) using, for example, a narrow screwdriver.
- Remove lens (1) from rear interior lightWX2(2).
- Release catches (2) in direction of arrow (A) using, for example, a narrow screwdriver.
- Press locking mechanism (1) in direction of arrow (C).
- Remove rear interior lightWX2(1) from roof aperture in direction of arrow (A).
- Press connector lock in direction of arrow (B) and disconnect electrical connector (C). [Note: Electrical connector must face direction of travel.]
- Press locking mechanism (1) in direction of arrow (C). Catches (2) must engage audibly.
- Test functionality.
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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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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