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Removing and installing temperature flap control motor V68, RHD vehicles — VW

Removing and installing temperature flap control motor V68, RHD vehicles on VW: 13 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.

13 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform code 138

Don't miss

  • Mark connector to control motor (danger of mistaking other connectors of same design).

📋 Procedure

  1. Switch off all electrical consumers.
  2. Switch off ignition.
  3. Remove ignition key.
  4. Remove footwell vent on front passenger side .
  5. Mark connector to control motor (danger of mistaking other connectors of same design).
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  1. Separate connector on temperature flap control motor V68.
  2. Unscrew securing bolts (1), and remove temperature flap control motor V68 from mounting (arrow).
  3. Release control motor lever from connecting rod.
  4. Comply with notes . [Note: Risk of malfunction of heater or air conditioning system caused by improperly installed control motors or links.Mark the correct allocation of the connectors to the control motors.Always install the appropriate links to the control motors.]
  5. Using side cutters, separate mounting (1) from old temperature flap control motor V68.
  6. Position new temperature flap control motor V68 with shortened oval-head screw (2) and separated mounting (1) on mounting (3) on blower box.
  7. Read event memory and erase any entries displayed. Then perform "“basic setting”" using in "“Guided fault finding”" mode.
  8. As a final step, check operation of heater and air conditioning system.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.