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Procedures







Service Position

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Guide rod (T 10093)

Torque wrench (V.A.G 1331)

Torque wrench (V.A.G 1332)

Adapter (T10467)

Service Position, Implementing

- Remove front bumper cover. Refer to => [ Front Bumper ] Front Bumper.

- Disconnect the connector from the headlamp.






- Remove the bolt - 1 - and - 3 - from the headlamp.

- Remove the bolt - 2 - and - 4 - from the support.

- Remove the left headlamp and support carefully toward the front.

- Remove the right headlamp as described.

Disconnecting the pressure hose on vehicles with a charge air cooler

- Open the clamp - 1 - in - direction of arrow a -.






- Remove the pressure hose - 2 - from the coupling - 3 - in - direction of arrow b -.






- Disconnect the cable from the cable coupling. Refer to => [ Hood Cable, Disconnecting and Connecting ] Hood Cable, Disconnecting and Connecting.

- Support the hood and remove the support rod from the hood.

- Remove only one bolt - 2 - from the left and right longitudinal members.

- Install a guide pin (T 10093) into the holes in the left and right longitudinal member where the bolts were.

- Remove the remaining bolts - 2 - in the left and right longitudinal members.

- Pull the lock carrier and attachments - 1 - forward approximately 10 cm on the guide rod (T 10093) - arrows -. Be careful of the wires on the lock carrier. Disconnect the connectors if necessary.

- Install the adapter (10467) - 3 - on the left and right side between the bumper carrier and the longitudinal member.

Service Position, Resetting






Perform the following:

- Remove the adapter (10467) on the left and right side between the bumper carrier and longitudinal member.

- Push the lock carrier and its attachments - 1 - onto the guide rods (T10093) on the longitudinal member.

- Install the bolts - 3 -.

- Align the lock carrier and its attachments - 1 - on the longitudinal members and between the fenders.

Bolt tightening specification - 4 -, refer to => [ Lock Carrier Assembly Overview ] Lock Carrier Assembly Overview.

Install in reverse order of removal.

Make sure the charge air cooler pressure hoses are secure

Hoses and lines must not be pinched.

Locking the pressure hose on vehicles with charge air cooler

Make sure the clamp - 2 - is on top.






- Attach the pressure hose - 3 - into the coupling - 1 - in - direction of arrow -.

- Push the clip - 2 - all the way down.

If the clip cannot be pushed all the way through, this means the pressure hose is not completely attached to the coupling.

Install the pressure hose again and lock the clip.

Pull the coupling to make sure it is secure.