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Volkswagen Golf Mk7 Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing mirror glass

WARNING: always wear safety goggles and leather gloves for this repair. Using removal lever -80-200-, this page covers replacing the Volkswagen Golf Mk7 left mirror glass (right side is similar).

 
Special tools and workshop equipment required
   
  Note
Removal and installation are described only for the left mirror glass. The right side is similar.
Removing
 

 

Removal lever -80-200-
Removal lever -80-200-

Removing and installing mirror glass

  WARNING
When doing this repair work, always wear safety goggles and leather gloves!
–  Protect housing edges to prevent damage to paintwork with, for example, textile-reinforced tape.
–  Press bottom of mirror glass -1- into mirror housing.
–  Press mirror glass -1- off adjuster unit -2- using the removal lever -80-200-.
–  Swivel mirror glass -1- to side and detach connectors -3- for electric mirror heating on back of mirror glass -1-.

 

Installing
–  Fit connector contacts -3- on mirror glass -1-.
–  Push mirror glass -1- centrally onto adjustment unit -2- in housing.
Mirror glass engages audibly.
  Note
When fitting the mirror glass, only press on the centre of the mirror.
–  Then check function.

    Questions & answers

    Removing and installing mirror glass — Volkswagen Golf Mk7

    How do I replace the Golf Mk7 mirror glass?
    Tilt the existing glass fully, insert a flat tool behind it, lever it off the adjustment clips, disconnect the heating connector (if fitted) and clip the new glass on.
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