Renewing rear drinks holder — VW
Renewing rear drinks holder on VW: 11 steps, 1 torque figure. What to remove, what to tighten and to how many Nm, what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 5M1, 521
🔩 Torque settings
Values can differ between engine variants — check the code stamped on your block.
| Torque | Fastener / step |
|---|---|
| 1.5 Nm (1.1 lb-ft) | Open cup holder (1) and remove the two bolts (2 |
ℹ️ Always cross-check the exact figure against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening — a wrong torque can damage the engine. These values are extracted from workshop data and may not cover every variant or revision.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition.
- Open cup holder (1) and remove the two bolts (2) (1.5 Nm). — 1.5 Nm (1.1 lb-ft)
- Close drinks holder again.
- Pull lower section of trim (1) out of mountings (arrow).
- Disconnect connector (2).
- Take upper section of trim out of mountings in centre console.
- Drill out the weld points (1) all around the back of the trim, use a 10 mm steel twist drill for this.
- Remove defective drinks holder (2) from trim.
- Insert new drinks holder into trim.
- Melt over all the remaining weld heads (plastic pins) (3) using a suitably heated pin driver.
- Installation of the rear trim is performed basically in reverse order of removal.
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Who makes these pages, and how
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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