Glove Compartment: Service and Repair

Storage Compartments, Covers and Trim

Glove Compartment

Removal

- Switch off ignition.

- Remove side instrument panel cover on front passenger side. Refer to => [ Instrument Panel Side Covers ] Instrument Panel Side Covers

- Remove the A-pillar center trim on the passenger side. Refer to => [ Center A-pillar Trim ] Pillar and Side Trim

- Remove passenger side A-pillar trim. Refer to => [ Passenger Side Lower A-pillar Trim ] Pillar and Side Trim

Rabbit from MY 2004

- Remove the center cover (Rabbit from MY 2004). Refer to => [ Center Cover, Rabbit from MY 2004 ] Center Cover, Rabbit From My 2004

Rabbit from MY 2009

- Remove instrument panel center trim. Refer to => [ Instrument Panel Center Trim, Rabbit from MY 2009 ]

- Remove the trim around the A/C and heater controls. Refer to => [ Trim, A/C and Heater Controls Rabbit from MY 2009 ]

- Remove the center cover (Rabbit from MY 2009). Refer to => [ Center Cover, Rabbit from MY 2009 ]

Vehicles with automatic transmission

- Loosen boot from cover.

Vehicles with manual transmission and Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG)

- Loosen boot from cover.

- Remove the storage compartment or ashtray (Rabbit from MY 2009). Refer to => [ Storage Compartment or Ashtray, Rabbit from MY 2009 ].

- On the Rabbit from MY 09, remove the bolts - 2 - (1.5 Nm).

- Remove the cover on the center console - 1 - - in direction of arrow -.





- On vehicles with a headlamp range control module (J431) or a headlamp range/cornering lamp control module (J745), remove the bolt - 1 - (1.5 Nm).





All vehicles

- Remove the 7 bolts - 1 -, - 2 -, and - 3 - (1.5 Nm)

- Slide glove compartment outward until stops - arrow A -.

- Disengage glove compartment from instrument panel - arrow B -.

- Disconnect wiring harness from lights and contact switch.

- In vehicles with front passenger airbag shut-off, disconnect wiring harness from key switch.

- In vehicles with glove compartment cooling, disconnect A/C channel from glove compartment.

- In vehicles with footwell lights, disconnect wiring harness from lights.





Installation

- To install, perform the steps used for removal in reverse order.

Storage Compartment Cover, Retrofitting

The self in the glove compartment for the Owner's Manual is not designed to hold small items. There is a "cover" that can be installed and can be used to hold small items.

• Glove compartment removed.

- Install the "cover" - 1 - in the back of the owner's manual slot.