Removing and installing rear sunroof panel: VW Passat B8
Step-by-step removing and installing rear sunroof panel for the VW Passat B8: 11 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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- New bolts must always be used when installing sunroof panel.To screw in bolts, use a magnetic tool so that bolts do not fall into panoramic sliding roof guide.
- Insert bolts (2); do not tighten.
📋 Procedure
- Pull seal (3) from assembly frame.
- Remove bolts (2) from sunroof panel (1) on left and right.
- Slide rear sunroof panel (1) slightly under front sunroof panel (3)(arrow a).
- Lift rear sunroof panel (1) out of roof cut-out (2) in rear area only (arrows b).
- Guide rear sunroof panel (1) angled upwards (arrow c) over roof (2) and pull out from beneath front sunroof panel (3). [Note: New bolts must always be used when installing sunroof panel.To screw in bolts, use a magnetic tool so that bolts do not fall into panoramic sliding roof guide.]
- Insert rear sunroof panel (1) at an angle from above under front sunroof panel (3).
- Insert rear sunroof panel (1) downwards into roof cut-out (2) in rear area and slide to rear.
- Insert bolts (2); do not tighten.
- Adjust sunroof panel (1).
- After adjusting rear sunroof panel, tighten bolts.
- On completion of all work, carry out normalisation run for sliding roof motor .
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