Removing and installing window regulator motor, equipment level Low (AW0) — VW
Removing and installing window regulator motor, equipment level Low (AW0) on VW: 12 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: VW Jetta VI (16, 2010–2018); platform code AV2
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- Before installing door trim, check that the holes in the door panel are sealed with respective stickers . — A new window regulator motor must be coded using the vehicle diagnosis, testing and information systemVAS 5051B.
📋 Procedure
- Removing front door trim General body repairs, interior70Door trim.
- Secure door window against sliding down with adhesive tape.
- Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers.
- Remove ignition key.
- Disconnect connector (5).
- Remove bolts (1...3).
- Remove window regulator motor (4) from mounting brackets of cable drum.
- ⚠ If a new window regulator motor is installed (door control unit), the additional functions and the excess force limitation feature have to be coded! — Position window regulator motor (4) on mounting brackets of cable drum. Move door window up and down slightly so that the splines between window regulator motor and cable drum engage more easily.
- Connect connector (5).
- Secure the bolts in the sequence (1...3).
- ⚠ Before installing door trim, check that the holes in the door panel are sealed with respective stickers . — A new window regulator motor must be coded using the vehicle diagnosis, testing and information systemVAS 5051B.
- The work procedure and notes on the automatic window raising and lowering system as well as on the excess-force limitation feature can be found in .
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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.
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