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Rear Center Armrest Assembly Overview






Rear Center Armrest Assembly Overview

The 2-seat rear seat backrest is shown in the illustration.

Vehicles with Storage Compartment

Vehicles with Pass-Through Door



Basis






1 Rear seat backrest, 2/3 right

without pass-through opening

If equipped

2 Center armrest bracket

with hinges

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Center Armrest Bracket with Hinges ] Center Armrest Bracket With Hinges

3 Cover

Clipped into the trim for the center armrest

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Center Armrest Trim ] Center Armrest Trim

Press on until it engages audibly

4 Screws

Quantity: 4

Self-locking

Replacing

Threaded holes for screws must be cleaned, for example, with thread cutter

11 Nm

5 Bolt

4 Nm

6 Trim

For center armrest

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Center Armrest Trim ] Center Armrest Trim

Install and press on it until it audibly latches

7 Trim

For center armrest

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Center Armrest Trim ] Center Armrest Trim

Check the hook for damage and replace if damaged

Install and press on it until it audibly latches

8 Rear center armrest

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Rear Center Armrest ] Rear Center Armrest

9 Bolt

0.9 Nm

10 Bolt

4 Nm

11 Rivet

Rivet using special pop rivet pliers (V.A.G 1753A)

12 Nuts

Quantity: 2

Self-locking

Replacing

8 Nm

Vehicles with Storage Compartment






1 Rear seat backrest, 2/3 right

Without pass-through opening

If equipped

2 Center armrest bracket

With hinges

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Center Armrest Bracket with Hinges ] Center Armrest Bracket With Hinges

3 Cover

Clipped in the storage compartment

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Storage Compartment In Rear Center Armrest ] Storage Compartment In Rear Center Armrest

Press on until it engages audibly

4 Screws

Quantity: 4

Self-locking

Replacing

Threaded holes for screws must be cleaned, for example, with thread cutter

11 Nm

5 Storage compartment

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Storage Compartment In Rear Center Armrest ] Storage Compartment In Rear Center Armrest

Install and press on it until it audibly latches

6 Bolt

4 Nm

7 Cover

For storage compartment

Version with a storage compartment; cannot be replaced separately

8 Rear center armrest

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Rear Center Armrest ] Rear Center Armrest

9 Bolt

4 Nm

10 Rivet

Rivet using special pop rivet pliers (V.A.G 1753A)

11 Nuts

Quantity: 2

Self-locking

Replacing

8 Nm

Vehicles with Pass-Through Door






1 Trim

For the cupholder

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Cup Holder Trim ] Cup Holder Trim

Press on until it engages audibly

2 Cup holder

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Rear Center Armrest Cupholder ] Rear Center Armrest Cupholder

Install and press on it until it audibly latches

3 Rear center armrest

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Rear Center Armrest ] Rear Center Armrest

4 Hood

For the pass-through opening

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Pass-Through Cover ] Pass-Through Cover

5 Rear seat backrest, 2/3 right

With pass-through opening

If equipped

6 Cover frame

For the pass-through opening

Clipped into the rear seat backrest

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Pass-Through Frame ] Pass-Through Frame

Press on until it engages audibly

7 Bolt

Quantity: 2

Secured to the bracket with a permanent lock washer - 8 -

8 Nm

8 Locking washer

For bolt - item 7 -

Quantity: 2

9 Bracket

For center armrest

Cannot be replaced separately

10 Bolt

Quantity: 4

Self-locking

Replacing

Threaded holes for screws must be cleaned, for example, with thread cutter

11 Nm

11 Lower center cushion

Removing and Installing, refer to => [ Lower Center Cushion ] Lower Center Cushion

Engage the cushion to the pass-through door and press on it until it clicks into place