Removing centre vent from centre trim panel — VW
Removing centre vent from centre trim panel 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.
📋 Procedure
- Remove radio (1)91.
- Remove drink holder (2), if fitted (repair group 70).
- Remove storage compartment (3).
- Lever controls panel (1) and base out carefully using a screwdriver.
- Remove stowage tray from centre of dash panel (repair group 70).
- Remove screws (arrows).
- Remove screws (arrows).
- Remove screws (arrows).
- Pull connectors off switches in centre trim panel.
- Remove centre trim panel.
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- Removing and installing camshafts – VW Passat B6 · 39 torque figures
- Removing and installing coolant pump · 53 torque figures
- Removing large oil seal · 2 torque figures
- Installing particulate filter with NOx storage catalytic converter
- Removing and installing undamaged windscreen – VW
- Adjusting longitudinally – VW Passat CC / CC · 2 torque figures
- Removing and installing top ancillary bracket – VW 1.2 CBZA · 1 torque figures
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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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