Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Golf Variant. Manual - part 353

– Remove the bolts -2- for the center console -1-.

– Lift the center console -1- at the rear and remove it from the

instrument panel toward the rear.

– Carefully remove the center console -1- over the selector lev‐

er/gearshift lever and the parking brake lever.

Installing

Note

Check all the fasteners for damage and replace if necessary.

Install in reverse order of removal.
Tightening Specifications
♦ Refer to 

⇒ “3.1 Overview - Center Console”, page 53

3.9

Center Console Bracket, Removing and

Installing

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Torque Wrench 1783 - 2-10Nm - VAG1783-
Removing
– Remove the screw -1- on the left and right.
– Remove the bolt -2-.
– Pivot the mounting bracket -3- out of the center console.
Installing

Note

Check all the fasteners for damage and replace if necessary.

Install in reverse order of removal.
Tightening Specifications
♦ Refer to 

⇒ “3.1 Overview - Center Console”, page 53

4

Front Center Armrest

⇒ “4.1 Overview - Front Center Armrest”, page 62
⇒ “4.2 Front Center Armrest, Removing and Installing”,

page 63

4.1

Overview - Front Center Armrest

1 - Front Center Armrest

❑ Removing and instal‐

ling. Refer to

⇒ “4.2 Front Center

Armrest, Removing and

Installing”, page 63

 .

2 - Screw

❑ 3 Nm
❑ Quantity: 2

4.2

Front Center Armrest, Removing and In‐

stalling

Removing
– Remove the center console rear trim. Refer to

⇒ “3.3 Center Console Rear Trim, Removing and Installing”,

page 55

 .

– Remove the air guide channel in the rear center console. Refer

to ⇒  Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning; Rep. Gr.  87 ;

Air Routing; Overview - Air Routing and Air Distribution in Pas‐

senger Compartment .

– Remove the screw -2- on the left and right.
– Remove the front center armrest -1- upward from the center

console -3- in direction of -arrow-.

Installing

Note

Check all the fasteners for damage and replace if necessary.

Install in reverse order of removal.
Tightening Specifications
♦ Refer to 

⇒ “4.1 Overview - Front Center Armrest”, page 62