Front Door: Adjustments

Door, Adjusting

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Door adjusting wrench (3320)

• Joint for 3320 (3320/1)

• Box wrench (3320/2)

• Box wrench (3320/3)

• Torque wrench (V.A.G 1331)

• Socket (3410)

• Adjustment gauge (3371)

• Trim removal wedge (3409)

• The adjustment is only for the left front door. The right front door adjustment is similar.

• The vehicle must be standing on its wheels in order to adjust the door.

• The front door is properly adjusted when there is an overall even gap dimension when closed. It is not too far inward or outward and contours align. The contours line up.

• Apply corrosion protection to the hinges and bolts after assembling or adjusting.






It is necessary to loosen the bolts - 3 -, - 4 - and - 6 - on the A-pillar in order to adjust the gap dimensions correctly.

- To remove the bolt - 6 -, the instrument panel must be removed.

- Remove the A-pillar lower trim to access the bolt - 4 -.

Flush Adjustment

The bolts - 2 - must be loosened in order to adjust the flush dimensions correctly.

For this, the door adjusting wrench (3320) with the bit insert must be used.

• Other measures, such as aligning the door upward, are not effective. Excess pressure thereafter will again cause the door to sag.

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