Removing window lifters: VW Golf Cabriolet
Step-by-step removing window lifters for the VW Golf Cabriolet: 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.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Golf Cabriolet (517, 2011–2016)
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- Loosen hexagon nuts (2), do not remove.
📋 Procedure
- Remove side panel trim Trim and insulation70Door and side panel trim; Removing and installing side panel trim.
- Remove window slot inner seal .
- Remove cover
- Remove bolts (3).
- Undo and remove hexagon nuts (5).
- Remove intermediate plate (1) from window slot.
- Remove loudspeaker Electrical system91Communications; Loudspeaker systems; Removing and installing bass loudspeakers.
- Move side window (4) all the way down.
- Lift out lower cover caps (3).
- Loosen hexagon nuts (2), do not remove.
- Remove window regulator with side window (1) upwards (arrows) from window slot.
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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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