Removing and installing telephone bracket R126 — VW
Removing and installing telephone bracket R126 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 code 138
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- When installing the wire, ensure it can move freely in order to avoid damage to the wiring harness.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers.
- Remove ignition key.
- Remove mobile phone from cradle.
- Fold up centre console.
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Remove trim at rear of centre console General body repairs, interior68Centre console; Removing and installing rear centre console trim.
- Unclip connector upwards from retainer (arrow).
- Disconnect connector in (direction of arrow).
- Carefully unclip telephone bracket upwards (arrows).
- Guide out wires upwards. [Note: When installing the wire, ensure it can move freely in order to avoid damage to the wiring harness.]
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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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