Removing and installing sun blind, estate — VW

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes AU1, BX5

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• During following work, make sure that the roller blind material is not damaged.
• Do not grease sun blind slide or sun blind cables.

📋 Procedure

1. Move sun blind to fully open position.
2. Remove front glass panel .
3. Remove rear glass panel .
4. Remove sunroof frame .
5. Press down catch (3)(arrow A).

6. Push brace (4) completely to side (arrow B).
7. On opposite side, slide brace (4) towards rear off blind slider (2)(arrow C).
8. If required, pull brace (4) off completely from sun blind (1) to side (arrow D). [Note: During following work, make sure that the roller blind material is not damaged.]
9. Carefully raise hook on blind slider using a flat screwdriver.
10. Pull sun blind backwards out of guide using blind slider.
11. Repeat these steps on the opposite side.
12. Remove bolts (3).
13. Release locking hooks using a flat screwdriver (5)(arrow A).
14. Push sun blind (1) together with roller mountings on left and right (2) out of sliding sunroof frame towards rear (arrow D) and upwards (arrow E).
15. Lift complete sun blind with roller mountings off sliding sunroof frame (arrow B). [Note: Do not grease sun blind slide or sun blind cables.]
16. Insert sun blind (1) together with roller mountings on left and right (2) into sliding sunroof frame.
17. Insert roller mountings into guides and engage.
18. Tighten bolts (3). [Note: After installation, sun blind synchronism and ease of operation should be checked. To do this, turn by hand sun blind drive on motor using a commercially available hexagon key and avoid wrinkling and deforming the sun blind fabric.]
19. On completion of all work, carry out normalisation run for sun blind motor .

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