Separating backrest cover from backrest padding — VW
Separating backrest cover from backrest padding on VW: 27 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 VII Variant (BA), VW Golf VII (5G, 2012–2020); platform code BE1
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- Ensure that backrest cover (1) is free of creases.
📋 Procedure
- Remove front seat .
- Secure seat on seat repair stand.
- Remove backrest .
- Remove head restraint .
- Unclip caps of head restraint locking mechanism using removal wedge3409.
- Remove lumbar support adjusting lever .
- Open beading strips (4) using front-end hook3438.
- Open zip fastener.
- Roll backrest cover (1) upwards at front and rear.
- Pull backrest cover (1) upwards in order to gain access to the upholstery clips (5) on left and right.
- Open upholstery clips (5) using pliers (6).
- Pull backrest cover (1) on padding (7) upwards.
- Pull backrest cover (1) further upwards in order to gain access to the upholstery clips (5).
- Detach clip (3) from backrest frame (2) on both sides at the rear.
- Use removal wedge3409 for this.
- Open upholstery clips (5) on backside.
- Pull backrest cover (1) further upwards in order to gain access to the remaining upholstery clips (5).
- Pull backrest cover on backside upwards up to cross bar (2).
- Detach cross bar on left and right from seat frame (arrows).
- Remove trim for locking mechanism .
- Thread out backrest cover on head restraint locking mechanism.
- Remove backrest cover from backrest padding.
- Pull backrest cover (1) over padding (4).
- Thread in backrest cover (1) on head restraint guide .
- Secure backrest cover (1) with upholstery clips (2) in mountings (3).
- Use upholstery clip pliersV.A.G 1634 for this.
- Ensure that backrest cover (1) is free of creases.
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