Removing and installing seat height — VW
Removing and installing seat height 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.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 5C7, 5C1
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- Bolts (1) and bolt (3) are of different lengths. Bolt (3) is shorter.
📋 Procedure
- Adjust seat to fully upright position.
- Remove backrest adjuster wheel
- Remove seat height adjuster handle
- Remove trim on sill side .
- Remove bolts (2) (Qty. 2).
- Remove lever for seat height adjuster handle (1).
- Remove lock washer (1). [Note: Bolts (1) and bolt (3) are of different lengths. Bolt (3) is shorter.]
- Remove bolts (21) (qty. 2) and (3).
- Remove seat height adjuster (2).
- Install in reverse order of removal.
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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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