Removing and installing support for luggage compartment floor covering, vehicles with rail system — VW
Removing and installing support for luggage compartment floor covering, vehicles with rail system on VW: 12 steps.
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–)
📋 Procedure
- Remove luggage compartment cover .
- Remove luggage compartment floor from vehicle towards rear.
- Remove bolts (2).
- Remove retaining rail (1) upwards.
- Unscrew bolts (arrows).
- Lift support for luggage compartment floor covering (1), and remove it sideward.
- Check clamping nuts (2) for damage, and renew them if necessary.
- Unscrew bolts (arrows).
- Remove rear bracket (1).
- Remove bolts (2).
- Unscrew bolts (arrows).
- Remove front bracket (1).
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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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