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Removing and installing telephone bracket: VW Phaeton

Step-by-step removing and installing telephone bracket for the VW Phaeton: 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.

11 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Phaeton (3D)

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  • To show button on side more clearly, basic bracket is shown without telephone holder.
  • When installing, make sure the telephone brackets are positioned correctly. The parts of the telephone holder for the second handset are labelled "„Privacy Handset only“". These must only be used for the second handset.

📋 Procedure

  1. Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers and remove ignition key.
  2. Open front armrest cover.
  3. Remove handset with spiral cord.
  4. Using an appropriate screwdriver lever insert with telephone holder out of armrest (arrow). [Note: When the telephone holder is removed, the side parts of the armrest are no longer secure and can fall out. The operating buttons for the armrest cover are especially effected. This only affects vehicles with two separate centre armrests.]
  5. Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers and remove ignition key.
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  1. Open front armrest cover.
  2. Actuate both buttons (arrows) on front of brackets and remove mobile telephone and second handset.
  3. First remove right telephone holder by actuating button (arrow) on side of basic holder and then removing telephone holder. [Note: To show button on side more clearly, basic bracket is shown without telephone holder.]
  4. Remove telephone holder for second handset in exactly the same way.
  5. In the case of both basic brackets, slide the spring-loaded lock in (direction of arrow) and unscrew the three bolts (A). [Note: When installing, make sure the telephone brackets are positioned correctly. The parts of the telephone holder for the second handset are labelled "„Privacy Handset only“". These must only be used for the second handset.]
  6. If necessary, log the second handset onto the mobile telephone, adapting second handset to mobile telephone, .

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.