Skoda Rapid NH 2014 Instruction manual

Workshop Manual
Rapid NH 2014 ➤
Rapid Spaceback 2014 ➤
Body Work
Edition 10.2018
Service
Service Department. Technical Information

List of Workshop Manual Repair Groups
Repair Group
50 - Body - front
55 - Bonnet, rear lid
57 - Front doors, door components, central locking
58 - Rear doors, door components
60 - Sunroof
63 - Bumpers
64 - Glazing
66 - Exterior equipment
68 - Interior equipment
69 - Passenger protection
70 - Trim, insulation
72 - Seat frames
74 - Seat - padding, covers
Technical information should always be available to the foremen and mechanics, because their
careful and constant adherence to the instructions is essential to ensure vehicle road-worthiness and
safety. In addition, the normal basic safety precautions for working on motor vehicles must, as a
matter of course, be observed.
Service

Contents
50 - Body - front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1 Front body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Lock carrier with components parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.3 Service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.4 Removing and installing lock carrier with component parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.5 Front wing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.6 Removing and installing the wing support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.7 Bulkhead plenum chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.8 Plenum chamber cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.9 Noise insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.10 V-ribbed belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.11 Underfloor trim panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.12 Tunnel bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
55 - Bonnet, rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1 Front flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1.1 Summary of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1.2 Removing and installing the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1.3 Removing and installing the hinge for the front flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1.4 Removing and installing the support bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
1.5 Lock and unlock components of front flap - Summary of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
1.6 Removing and installing front flap lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
1.7 Separating the Bowden cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
1.8 Removing and installing the locking clamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
1.9 Removing and installing the operating lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1.10 Adjusting the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2 Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2.1 Summary of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2.2 Removing and installing tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2.3 Removing and installing the locking mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.4 Adjusting tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.5 Removing and installing the tailgate lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
2.6 Removing and installing pressurized gas strut of tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
2.7 Tailgate seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3 Fuel tank lid unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.1 Fuel-tank lid unit - Summary of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.2 Removing and installing fuel tank lid unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.3 Fuel-tank lid unit (Spacebook)- Summary of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4 Removing and installing fuel tank lid unit (Spacebook) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
57 - Front doors, door components, central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
1 Front door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
1.1 Assembly overview - door hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
1.2 Removing and installing the door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
1.3 Door adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
2 Door internal parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
2.1 Front door - Summary of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
2.2 Removing and installing the door cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
2.3 Door handle and door lock - Summary of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
2.4 Removing and installing cap for lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
2.5 Removing and installing lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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2.6 Removing and installing cap (without lock cylinder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
2.7 Removing and installing the door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
2.8 Removing and installing the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
2.9 Removing and installing bearing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
2.10 Front door window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
2.11 Removing and installing door window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
2.12 Removing and installing window lifter motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
2.13 Remove and install window lifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
2.14 Removing and installing the window run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
2.15 Removing and installing the inner window channel strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
2.16 Removing and installing the outer window channel strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
2.17 Removing and installing the inside door seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
2.18 Removing and installing the outside door seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
3 Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
3.1 Adjustment of radio control keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
3.2 Summary of components – battery for the (foldable) radio control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
3.3 Removing and installing the battery for the foldable key with radio remote control . . . . . . 86
58 - Rear doors, door components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
1 Rear door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
1.1 Assembly overview - door hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
1.2 Removing and installing the door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
1.3 Door adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
2 Door internal parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
2.1 Summary of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
2.2 Removing and installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
2.3 Removing and installing the door retaining strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
2.4 Removing and installing the locking clamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
2.5 Door handle and door lock - Summary of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
2.6 Removing and installing the cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
2.7 Removing and installing the door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
2.8 Removing and installing the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
2.9 Removing and installing bearing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
2.10 Rear door window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
2.11 Removing and installing door window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
2.12 Removing and installing window lifter motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
2.13 Removing and installing the manual drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
2.14 Removing and installing window crank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
2.15 Remove and install window lifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
2.16 Removing and installing the window run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
2.17 Removing and installing the rear fixed door window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
2.18 Removing and installing the rear fixed door window (Spaceback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
2.19 Removing and installing the inner window channel strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
2.20 Removing and installing the outer window channel strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
2.21 Removing and installing the inside door seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
2.22 Removing and installing the outside door seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
60 - Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
1 Panoramic roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
1.1 Summary of components of panoramic roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
1.2 Removing and installing panoramic roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
2 Removing and installing roof roller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
3 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
63 - Bumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
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1 Front bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
1.1 Front bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
1.2 Front bumper bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
2 Rear bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
2.1 Rear bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
2.2 Rear bumper bracket and runners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
3 Rear bumper (Spacebook) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
4 Cutting out the openings for the parking aid sensors (drill) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
64 - Glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
1 Glued windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
1.1 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
1.2 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
1.3 Windscreen - Summary of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
1.4 Removing windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
1.5 Rear window - Summary of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
1.6 Removing and installing the rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
1.7 Installing rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
1.8 Extended rear window (Spacebook)- Summary of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
1.9 Removing and installing extended rear window (Spacebook) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
1.10 Removing and installing side window (Spacebook) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
1.11 Removing and installing side window (Spacebook) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
1.12 Preparing the new window for fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
1.13 Prepare body flange for fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
1.14 Installation instructions for all panes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
1.15 Minimum hardening time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
1.16 Window repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
1.17 Cleaning necessary due to soiling through glue sealing material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
66 - Exterior equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
1 Wheelhouse liner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
1.1 Front wheelhouse liner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
1.2 Rear wheelhouse liner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
2 Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
2.1 Summary of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
3 Strips and trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
3.1 Summary of components - trim strips and covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
3.2 Removing and installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
3.3 Removing and installing door sill panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
3.4 B-pillar trim panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
3.5 Cover strip of wing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
4 Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
4.1 Rear spoiler - Rapid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
4.2 Rear spoiler - Spaceback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
5 Letterings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
5.1 Installation instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
5.2 Removing and installing the emblem on the tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
5.3 Dimensions of letterings on the tailgate - Spaceback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
5.4 Dimensions of letterings on the tailgate - Rapid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
5.5 Trailer coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
68 - Interior equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
1 Interior rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
1.1 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
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1.2 Removing and installing the interior rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
1.3 Glueing the retaining plate for the interior rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
2 Covers, storage areas and trim panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
2.1 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
2.2 Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
2.3 Summary of components – armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
2.4 Removing and installing the sustainer (vehicles with armrest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
2.5 Removing and installing the armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
2.6 Removing and installing the sun visor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
3 Recessed handles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
3.1 Removing and installing the recessed handles of the roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
69 - Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
1 Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
1.1 Removing and installing the front seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
1.2 Removing and installing the front seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
1.3 Removing and installing the front seat belt buckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
1.4 Removing and installing the front seat belt buckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
1.5 Removing and installing the outer rear seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
1.6 Removing and installing the rear middle seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
1.7 Removing and installing the rear seat belt buckle with lap belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
1.8 Removing and installing the rear double belt buckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
2 Inspect seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
2.1 Test sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
2.2 Special instructions for the belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
2.3 Storage, transport and disposal of airbag, belt tensioner and battery separation units
(pyrotechnical components) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
3 Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
3.1 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
3.2 Airbag system - Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
3.3 Observe the general safety instructions for working on airbag, belt tensioner and battery
separation units (pyrotechnical components) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
3.4 Special instructions for driver and front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
3.5 Storage, transport and disposal of airbag, belt tensioner and battery separation units
(pyrotechnical components) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
3.6 Replacing parts of the airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
3.7 Removing and installing the airbag control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
3.8 After replacement, configure the control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
3.9 Installing and removing sensor for side impact on the B-pillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
3.10 Installing and removing sensor for side impact on the C-pillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
3.11 Removing and installing front passenger airbag key switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
3.12 Summary of components of steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
3.13 Removing and installing driver airbag unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
3.14 Removing and installing restoring ring with slip ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
3.15 Removing and installing airbag unit on the passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
3.16 Removing and installing side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
3.17 Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
70 - Trim, insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
1 Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
1.1 Removing and installing the dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
1.2 Removing and installing the glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
1.3 Removing and installing the steering column trim panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
1.4 Removing and installing the decorative trim of the dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
1.5 Removing and installing the cross member for the dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
1.6 Removing and installing impact absorbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
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2 Door and side trim panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
2.1 Removing and installing the front door trim panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
2.2 Removing and installing the rear door trim panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
3 Trim panels of pillars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
3.1 Removing and installing top trim panel of pillar A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
3.2 Removing and installing bottom trim panel of pillar A on the driver's side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
3.3 Removing and installing bottom trim panel of pillar A on the front passenger side . . . . . . 265
3.4 Removing and installing top B-pillar trim panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
3.5 Removing and installing bottom B-pillar trim panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
3.6 Removing and installing trim panel of pillar C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
3.7 Removing and installing C and D pillar trim panels (Spaceback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
3.8 Door sill panel and wheel house trim panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
4 Tailgate trim panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
4.1 Removing and installing tailgate trim panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
4.2 Removing and installing the tailgate trim panel (Spaceback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
5 Luggage compartment trim panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
5.1 Removing and installing the tailgate/luggage compartment cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
5.2 Removing and installing top part of side luggage compartment trim panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
5.3 Removing and installing side luggage compartment trim panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
6 Removing and installing side luggage compartment trim panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
7 Moulded headliner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
7.1 Removing and installing moulded headliner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
7.2 Removing and installing the dampings and roof reinforcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
72 - Seat frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
1 Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
1.1 Removing and installing front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
1.2 Removing and installing the seat upholstery on the rail side (seat without height
adjustment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
1.3 Removing and installing the seat upholstery on the rail side (seat with height adjustment)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
1.4 Removing and installing the operating lever of the seat height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
1.5 Removing and installing the seat trim panel on the tunnel side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
1.6 Removing and installing the grip for the seat height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
1.7 Removing the headrest guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
2 Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
2.1 Removing and installing the rear seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
3 Removing and installing backrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
74 - Seat - padding, covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
1 Covers and upholstery of the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
1.1 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
1.2 Removing and installing the cover and the upholstery of the front seat cushions . . . . . . . . 299
1.3 Removing and installing the cover and the upholstery of the front seat backrest . . . . . . . . 301
2 Rear covers and seat upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
2.1 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
2.2 Removing and installing cover and seat upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
2.3 Removing and installing entire cover and backrest upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
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50 – Body - front
1 Front body
(SRL001304; Edition 10.2018)
1.1 Tools
Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Guide bars - T30092 (3411)-
1.2 Lock carrier with components parts
Summary of components
Note
Depending on the model version, slight differences in the mounting parts are possible.
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1 - Lock carrier with compo‐
nents parts
❑ Service position
⇒ “1.3 Service position ”,
page 2 .
❑ Removing and installing
⇒ “1.4 Removing and in‐
stalling lock carrier with
component parts”,
page 4 .
2 - Hose clamp
3 - Air guide duct
4 - Screw
❑ Tightening torque - 2
Nm.
5 - Screw
❑ Tightening torque - 20
Nm.
6 - Screw
❑ Tightening torque - 8
Nm.
7 - Lock carrier - top compo‐
nent parts
8 - Air deflector
9 - Screw
❑ Tightening torque - 8
Nm.
10 - Screw
❑ Tightening torque - 30
Nm.
11 - Bumper bracket
12 - Air deflector
1.3 Service position
Carry out the service position
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– Removing front bumper ⇒ “1.1.2 Removing”, page 132 .
– Pull off the control cable from the lock carrier
⇒ “1.7 Separating the Bowden cable”, page 28 .
– Remove the screws -3- at the left and right frame side rails.
– Install the guide bars - T30092 (3411)- on the left and right
frame side rails.
– Remove top screws - 2 -.
– The lock carrier -1- can be pulled on the guide bars - T30092
(3411)- by approx. 10 cm forwards -arrows-.
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1.3.1 Reinstallation
– Install screws -2- and -3-.
– Take the mean of the lock carrier with component parts -1- at
the frame side rails and between the wings ⇒ Body Repairs;
Rep. gr. 00 ; technical data; body gaps; front body .
– Tightening torque of screws (Pos. 2) is 20 Nm.
– Tightening torque of screws (Pos. 3) is 30 Nm.
– Further installation occurs in reverse order.
Note
Hoses and lines must not be pinched.
1.4 Removing and installing lock carrier with
component parts
Removing
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– Bring to service position ⇒ “1.3 Service position ”, page 2 .
– Separate electrical plug connections.
– Drain the coolant and separate the coolant line ⇒ Engine
cooling; Rep. gr. 19 .
– Separate the lines for the condenser ⇒ Heating and air con‐
ditioning system; Rep. gr. 87 .
– Remove the guide bars - T30092 (3411)- at the left and right
frame side rails - 2 - with the help of a second mechanic and
remove the lock carrier with component parts - 1 -.
WARNING
If the cables of the air-conditioning system and/or the coolant
are separated, the drive unit must no longer be started.
Note
♦ The condenser and hydraulic oil cooler must not be tied up to the cables.
♦ The condenser and hydraulic lines must not be kinked.
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Installing
– Position the lock carrier - 1 - on the frame side rails - 2 -.
– Install the left and right guide bars - T30092 (3411)- .
– Resetting service position ⇒ “1.3.1 Reinstallation”, page 4 .
– Further installation occurs in reverse order.
• Make sure that the plug connections and the hose connections
are correctly mounted during assembly.
– Take the mean of the lock carrier at the frame side rails and
between the wings ⇒ Body Repairs; Rep. gr. 00 ; technical
data; body gaps; front body .
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1.5 Front wing
1.5.1 Summary of components
1 - Wing
❑ Removing
⇒ “1.5.2 Removing front
wing”, page 8 .
❑ Installing
⇒ “1.5.3 Installing the
front wing”, page 10 .
2 - Screw
❑ Tightening torque - 4
Nm.
3 - Screw
❑ Tightening torque - 8
Nm.
4 - Wing support
❑ Removing and installing
⇒ “1.6 Removing and in‐
stalling the wing sup‐
port”, page 11 .
5 - Interior trim
❑ Removing and installing
⇒ “1.5.2 Removing front
wing”, page 8 .
6 - Foam part
❑ Inserted between the
wing and the front top
frame side rail.
7 - Damping of interior trim
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1.5.2 Removing front wing
– Remove front wheelhouse liner
⇒ “1.1 Front wheelhouse liner”, page 158 .
– Remove side turn signal ⇒ Electrical System; Rep. gr. 94 .
– On vehicles fitted with a damping, first of all remove the damp‐
ing.
– Loosen catch hook -3- and clip -2-.
– Slightly pull the interior trim -1- in the lower area forwards
-arrow b- and then guide it out towards the bottom -arrow a-.
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Carry out the following tasks
– Removing front bumper ⇒ “1.1.2 Removing”, page 132 .
– Pull out the foam part between the wing and the frame side
rail.
– Pull the damping of the interior trim out of the wheelhouse.
– Unscrew screw -2-.
– Unscrew screws -3-.
– For this step the bumper holder -4- must not be removed.
– The rear screw -2- can be reached when the front flap is
closed. Cover the front flap with adhesive tape in order to pro‐
tect it from damage.
– Carefully remove the wing - 1 -.
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1.5.3 Installing the front wing
Carry out the following tasks
– The installation of the wing - 1 - occurs in the reverse order.
– Tightening torque of screw -2- (4 Nm).
– Tightening torque of screws -3- (8 Nm).
– Observe the parallelism and the correct gap sizes ⇒ Body Re‐
pairs; Rep. gr. 00 ; technical data; body gaps; front body .
The wing support must be loosened when the fitting is carried out
⇒ “1.6 Removing and installing the wing support”, page 11 .
Note
Install the wing -1- free of stress.
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1.6 Removing and installing the wing support
Removing
– Remove front bumper cover ⇒ “1.1.2 Removing”, page 132 .
– Release screws - 3 - and remove wing support - 2 -.
Installing
– Install wing support - 2 -.
– Adapt wing support with the wing -1- to the front flap and
bumper ⇒ Body Repairs; Rep. gr. 00 ; Technical data; body
gaps; front body .
– Tightening torque of screws -3- (8 Nm).
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1.7 Bulkhead plenum chamber
1.7.1 Summary of components
1 - Bulkhead plenum chamber
Removing
– Remove the plenum
chamber cover
⇒ “1.8.2 Removing”,
page 14 .
– Remove engine air duct
(depending on engine).
– Remove engine control
unit and engine control
module holder.
– Remove noise insula‐
tion.
– Unscrew screws -2-.
– Remove the bulkhead
plenum chamber -1- up‐
wards and out of the ple‐
num chamber -4-.
Installing
– The installation occurs
in reverse order.
2 - Screw
❑ Tightening torque - 8
Nm.
3 - Plenum chamber
4 - Seal
Note
Ensure that the seal is correctly
seated when installing the bulkhead
plenum chamber.
5 - Damping
❑ Attached to the bulkhead plenum chamber with clamping plates.
6 - Circlip
❑ For attaching the damping on the bulkhead plenum chamber.
Rapid NH 2014 ➤ , Rapid Spaceback 2014 ➤
Body Work - Edition 10.2018
12 Rep. gr.50 - Body - front