Volkswagen Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing –  Removing rear door trim → General body repairs, interior; Rep. Gr.70. –  Removing and installing lock cylinder housing → Chapter.

–  Lever out cap -1-. –  Lower door window until spreader pin -2- and spreader plug -3- are accessible in the cut-out of the window regulator.   Note If the work step cannot be carried out because there is a fault with the electric window motor, remove motor to slide window down. –  Screw a 5 mm bolt (approx. 70 mm long) in the spreader pin -2- and pull out from spreader plug -3-. –  Now screw an 8 mm bolt (approx. 80 mm long) into spreader plug -3-.   Note When screwing in bolt, do not exert too great a pressure on the spreader plug because otherwise the plug will fall into the door. –  Pull spreader plug out of window guide and thereby out of door window. –  When doing this press window regulator Bowden cable to side with a screwdriver.

–  Pull off seal -1- from centre column to window aperture seal -2-. –  Lever out cap -3-. –  Then remove screw that becomes visible.

–	Using a screwdriver -1-, lift up locking lug -2- and take filler piece -3- upwards out of window column.

–  Grasp inner window aperture seal -1- using pliers -2-. Then move pliers in direction of arrow whilst lifting the window aperture seal -1- up out of door flange with light twisting motion at the same time. –  To ease removal of the window aperture seal, use a wedge -3- to supplement the pliers.

–  Slide door window -1- upwards and take out of door towards interior -arrow-.

–  Pull off window guide -1- in upper area and remove cross-head -2- in centre column.   Note t  The cross-head screw -2- will gradually be discontinued. Instead, the centre column will be clipped in at the top of the door. t  The remaining work sequence is the same.

–  Remove hexagon bolt -1-. –  Pull centre column -2- off quarter light window seal -3- and pull downwards out of upper window guide.

–  Take centre column -1- upwards out of door.