Starter B ((vehicles with 09A automatic transmission) - remove and install — VW
Starter B ((vehicles with 09A automatic transmission) - remove and install on VW: 14 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: platform codes 9B1, 9B3
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- Do not release screw (2).Do not bend the selector lever cable
📋 Procedure
- Turn off the ignition, all the electrical devices, and remove the key from ignition.
- Disconnect the BatteryA .
- Remove the engine cover. For some engines, it is necessary to remove the fastening nuts (arrows) in order to remove the engine cover.
- Remove the intake tube (1), the connector (2) and the flexible tube (3) from the Air density meter G70.
- Release fastening screws (4) and (5) and remove the air filter.
- Release the transmission (arrow) support.
- Position the selector lever on "“P”" and remove the selector lever cable (1) from the selector arm (4) using a screwdriver.
- Release the stop (3) on the selector lever counter support and remove the selector lever cable. [Note: Do not release screw (2).Do not bend the selector lever cable]
- Remove the plastic cover from the (1) magnetic switch.
- Remove the positive cable (1) from the magnetic switch.
- Disconnect terminal 50 (2) from StarterB.
- Release the fastening screw (1) and nuts (2).
- Remove the StarterB from the transmission by moving it up.
- Tighten the fastening nuts to the specified torque.
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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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