Removing and installing rear lid drive unit: VW Passat B8
Step-by-step removing and installing rear lid drive unit for the VW Passat B8: 14 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: VW Passat B8 (3G, 2014–)
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- Mark mounting (3) of spring (arrow a).
📋 Procedure
- Open and support rear lid.
- Disconnect connector (2).
- Lift drive (1) off mounting (9)(arrow b).
- Using long-nose pliers (8), carefully push clip (7) slightly into ball socket (6).
- Pull drive (1) off ball-head pin (5).
- Open and support rear lid.
- Lift spring (4) out of mounting (9).
- Mark mounting (3) of spring (arrow a).
- Now, remove spring from mounting (3).
- Slightly pull back clip (7) in ball socket (6).
- Push drive (1) onto ball-head pin (5) and mounting (9)(arrow b).
- Twist spring (4) into the marked mounting (3).
- Pull on spring and attach it to mounting (9).
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