Scuff Plate: Service and Repair

Sill Panel Trim

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=> [ Wheel Housing Trim ]

Sill Panel Trim

Removal

Sedan/Passat CC

- Remove seat bench. Refer to => [ Seat Bench ] Rear Seats.

Wagon

- Fold the bench seat forward.

All vehicles

- Remove side upholstery:

• with rear side airbags, refer to => [ Side Upholstery with Side Airbag ] Rear Seats

• without rear side airbags, refer to => [ Side Upholstery without Side Airbag ] Rear Seats

- Remove wheel housing trim. Refer to => [ Wheel Housing Trim ].

• To provide a better illustration, the front seat is not shown in the illustration.

- Remove the two bolts - 1 -.

- Remove sill molding - 2 - from catches in sill in front door area.

- Loosen sill panel trim from mounts in front area of B-pillar.

- Remove sill panel trim from catches in door sill in rear door area.

- Thread seat belt - 3 - through the slot in sill panel - 2 -.





Installation

- Thread seat belt - 3 - through the slit in sill panel - 2 -.

- Bend sill panel trim outward in rear area of B-pillar.

- Press sill panel trim into mounts in door sill in rear door area.

- Place sill panel trim in corresponding mounts in front area of B-pillar.

- Press sill panel trim into mounts in door sill in front door area.

- Secure sill panel trim with two screws - 1 - (2 Nm).

- Check whether sill panel trim is located in door seal moldings.





Wheel Housing Trim

• Removing and installing on the left side of the vehicle is described here. Removing and installing on the right side is identical.

Removal

Sedan/Passat CC

- Remove seat bench. Refer to => [ Seat Bench ] Rear Seats.

Wagon

- Fold the bench seat forward.

All vehicles

- Remove side upholstery:

• with rear side airbags, refer to => [ Side Upholstery with Side Airbag ] Rear Seats

• without rear side airbags, refer to => [ Side Upholstery without Side Airbag ] Rear Seats

• To provide a better illustration, the rear backrest is not shown in the illustration.

- Remove trim - 1 - in center area from mount in body and door seal molding - arrow A -.

- Remove trim in lower area from mount in body - arrow B -.

- Remove trim in upper area from clip - 2 - in body - arrow C -.

• To provide a better overview, the clip - 2 - is shown removed in the illustration.





Installation

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

- Check whether sill panel strip is located in the door seal molding.