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Windshield Assembly Overview






Flush-Bonded Windows

Windshield Assembly Overview

On vehicles equipped with lane assist, the camera must be recalibrated if the windshield has been replaced.





1 - Windshield

Removal, refer to => [ Windshield ] Flush-Bonded Windows.

Distance to roof dimension - a - = 3 mm" ±.5mm

Align distance at sides.

2 - Adhesive Sealing Material

Observe curing times.

Note varying spacing dimensions to window edge:

Dimension - b - = 18 mm±2mm

Dimension - c - = 8 mm±2mm

Dimension - d - = 20 mm±2mm

3 - Cover Profile

Can be replaced, refer to => [ Windshield Cover Profile ] Flush-Bonded Windows.

4 - Molding

Is supplied with the windshield

If damaged, pull off molding frame and remove adhesive residue using window scraper.

Clean adhesion area with D 009 401 04 and prime with D 009 200 02.

Press new molding frame onto window edge centered.

5 - Plenum Chamber Cover

Removal, refer to => [ Plenum Chamber Cover, Removing and Installing ]

For new replacement windows, a protective piping is located in the retaining strip, which must be pulled off before installing plenum chamber cover => [ Removing Protective Piping for Grip Channel ].

Press into fastening strip only after window adhesive curing time has elapsed.

6 - Drip Rail

Press into clips to stop only after the minimum curing time for the adhesive.

When pressing in drip rail, make sure sealing lip lies flat against windshield and does not slip behind edge of windshield.

7 - Retaining Clip

Press drip rail in to stop of clip.

Plenum Chamber Cover, Removing and Installing





- Remove the wiper.

- Pull seal - 4 - upward and remove.

- Pull front plenum chamber cover - 3 - toward front out of plenum chamber cover - 1 -.

- Pull plenum chamber cover starting at side - arrow - in steps upward from grip channel of windshield - 2 -.

Removing Protective Piping for Grip Channel





- Pull off protective piping from grip channel only after installing window.

- Before installing plenum chamber cover, protective piping - 1 - must be pulled out of grip channel - 2 - of windshield - 3 -.