Renewing bracket for front body acceleration sender — VW
Renewing bracket for front body acceleration sender 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 Passat CC (357, 2008–2012), VW CC (358, 2012–2017)
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- Make sure to use correct bracket. An "“L”" is punched into bracket.
- Make sure to use correct bracket. An "“R”" is punched into bracket.
- The holes in the bracket must line up with the holes in the shock absorber turret.
📋 Procedure
- Remove front left body acceleration sender G341
- Remove front right body acceleration sender G342
- Unscrew and remove bolts for bracket and remove bracket from shock absorber turret.
- ⚠ The body acceleration senders are not allowed to be swapped over, assignment in Electronic parts catalogue. — Clean shock absorber turret
- Screw front left body acceleration sender G341 onto bracket.
- Note installation position of front left body acceleration sender G341 on bracket. [Note: Make sure to use correct bracket. An "“L”" is punched into bracket.]
- Screw front right body acceleration sender G342 onto bracket.
- Note installation position of front right body acceleration sender G342 on the bracket. [Note: Make sure to use correct bracket. An "“R”" is punched into bracket.]
- Pull off bonding surface seal on bracket or attach double-sided adhesive tape
- Fix bracket using a drill bit with ∅ 11 mm and driftVW 222 A [Note: The holes in the bracket must line up with the holes in the shock absorber turret.]
- Screw in screws one after another until finger-tight and then tighten to specified torque.
- Push plug onto body acceleration sender
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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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