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Observe safety precautions.

Due to the different types of steel and material strength, use only welding equipment approved by Volkswagen AG to perform any service work.

For a list of welding equipment and body tools approved by Volkswagen AG.

On this vehicle for example, replacement of the subframe retaining bracket is described for the front left retaining bracket. Work procedure must be transferred to the other 3 retaining brackets accordingly as necessary.






- Separate the original connection.






- Remove residual material.