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Center Console and Footwell Trim Panel Mounting Brackets, Rabbit From My 2009






Storage Compartments, Covers and Trim

Center Console and Footwell Trim Panel Mounting Brackets, Rabbit from MY 2009

With Front Center Armrest and 2 Air Vents in Center Console

Removing

- Switch off ignition.

- Remove center console. Refer to => [ Center Console, Highline, Rabbit from MY 2009 ]. Center Console, Highline, Rabbit From My 2009

- Remove the two nuts - 3 - (8 Nm) and remove the center console mounting bracket - 2 -.

- Remove the nut - 4 - (2.5 Nm) and remove the footwell trim panel mounting bracket - 1 -.

Removing the right footwell trim panel mounting bracket it identical.





Without Front Center Armrest and without 2 Air Vents in Center Console

- Switch off ignition.

Vehicles with automatic transmission

- Loosen boot from cover.

Vehicles with manual transmission and Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG)

- Loosen boot from cover.

- If the vehicle has a manual transmission, remove the noise insulation and shift mechanism - 3 - in the center console.

- Remove the two bolts - 2 - (1.5 Nm).

- Remove the ashtray - 1 - from center console and (depending on vehicle equipment) disconnect the wiring harnesses.

The vehicle may have a storage compartment in place of an ashtray - 1 -. Removing the storage compartment is identical to removing the ashtray.





- Remove bolt - 1 - (1.5 Nm).

- Pull left footwell trim - 2 - out of mounts.

Removal of right footwell trim is identical.

Be sure to install the footwell trim panel - 2 - into the retainer - 3 - first.





- Remove the two bolts - 3 - (1.5 Nm).

It is not necessary to remove the bolts - 2 - and - 5 - in order to remove the bracket.

It is also not necessary to remove the liner - 4 -. The - arrow - in the illustration is not important.





- Remove the two nuts - 3 - (8 Nm) and remove the center console mounting bracket - 2 -.

- Remove the nut - 4 - (2.5 Nm) and remove the footwell trim panel mounting bracket - 1 -.

Removing the right footwell trim panel mounting bracket it identical.





Installation

- Install in reverse order of removal.