Volkswagen ID.3: Rear door,sliding door,wing doors,central locking. Door

Volkswagen ID.3 (E11, E12) 2020-2024 Service Manual / Body / General body repairs, exterior / Rear door,sliding door,wing doors,central locking. Door

Assembly overview – door
Removing and installing door
Adjusting door
Adjusting striker pin
Removing and installing door hinge
Removing and installing door arrester
Removing and installing inner door seal
Removing and installing door joint seal

Assembly overview – door

Overview shown for left side of vehicle as an example

1 - Door

❏ → Rep. gr.58; Removing and installing door

❏ → Rep. gr.58; Adjusting door

2 - Bolt

❏ Renew after removing

❏ 20 Nm +90°

3 - Lower section of door hinge

❏ → Rep. gr.58; Removing and installing door hinges

4 - Bolt

❏ Renew after removing

❏ 20 Nm +90°

5 - Threaded pin

❏ 27 Nm

6 - Cap

7 - Bolt

❏ 50 Nm

8 - Upper section of door hinge

❏ → Rep. gr.58; Removing and installing door hinges

9 - Bolt

❏ Qty. 2

❏ 8 Nm

10 - Door arrester

❏ → Rep. gr.58; Removing and installing door arrester

11 - Bolt

❏ 30 Nm

12 - Striker pin

❏ → Rep. gr.58; Removing and installing striker pin

❏ → Rep. gr.58; Adjusting striker pin

13 - Bolt

❏ Qty. 2

❏ Specified torque and tightening sequence → Fig.

14 - Bolt

❏ Renew after removing

❏ 20 Nm +90°

15 - Lower section of door hinge

❏ → Rep. gr.58; Removing and installing door hinges

16 - Bolt

❏ Renew after removing

❏ 20 Nm +90°

17 - Bolt

❏ 50 Nm

18 - Upper section of door hinge

❏ → Rep. gr.58; Removing and installing door hinges

Specified torque and tightening sequence

StageBoltSpecified torque/turning further angle1 -2- 2 Nm2 -2- 25 Nm

Removing and installing door

Special tools and workshop equipment required

♦ wedge -T10383/1-

Removal and installation are described for left side of vehicle as an example.

Removing

– Push in wedge -T10383/1--2- in direction of -arrow A- between boot -4- and locking element -3-.

– Push locking element -3- with wedge -2- in direction of -arrow B-.

– Disconnect boot -4- with electrical connector in direction of -arrow C-.

– Detach cover caps of threaded pins.

– Loosen threaded pins -2-.

– Unscrew bolt -3-.

NOTICE

Risk of damage to the corrosion protection measures due to scratches.

The door arrester can damage the paint when lifting the door out and in.

– Push door arrester into door.

– Push door arrester -2- inwards in direction of -arrow A- into door -1-.

– Lift out door -1- in direction of -arrow A- by detaching upper sections of door hinges -2- from lower sections of door hinges -3-.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

If a new door is installed, damping must be fitted on the outer door panel on the inside.

Position and dimensions → Rep. gr.58; Assembly overview – door components.

– Install insulation for inner side of door outer panel → General information – body; Rep. gr.52; General instructions; Removing and installing insulation for inner side of door outer panel.

All vehicles (continued)

NOTICE

Risk of damage to the corrosion protection measures due to scratches.

The door arrester can damage the paint when lifting the door out and in.

– Push door arrester into door.

– Prior to attaching the door, fold door arrester mounting inwards to avoid damage to the paint.

Important

● Once the door is attached, the upper and lower door hinge sections must be flush with each other.

– → Rep. gr.58; Adjust door.

Tightening torques

♦ → Rep. gr.58; Assembly overview – door

Adjusting door

Special tools and workshop equipment required

♦ Setting gauge -3371-

♦ key -3320-

The procedure is described for a left-hand drive vehicle as an example.

Preparation

Important

● The vehicle must be standing on its wheels and on a level surface to ensure proper adjustment of the door.

● The door must engage in the striker pin without excessive force.

The door is correctly adjusted when the following applies in closed condition:

♦ Gaps are even

♦ Contours are flush with each other

♦ Door does not protrude too far inwards or outwards

Adjusting shut lines

– Remove lower B-pillar trim → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70; Trims, interior; Removing and installing lower B-pillar trim.

– Loosen bolts -1-, -2-, -3- and -4-.

– Check gaps with setting gauge -3371-, observing → Rep. gr.00; centre gaps while doing so.

– Tighten bolts -1-, -2-, -3- and -4-.

Adjusting flushness

– Use door alignment tool -3320- and corresponding socket to loosen bolts -1- and -2-.

– Check gaps with setting gauge -3371-, observing → Rep. gr.00; centre gaps while doing so.

– → Rep. gr.58; Adjust striker pin.

– Tighten bolts -1- and -2-.

Tightening torques

♦ → Rep. gr.58; Assembly overview – door

Adjusting striker pin

Special tools and workshop equipment required

♦ Setting gauge -3371-

Important

● The vehicle must be standing on its wheels and on a level surface to ensure proper adjustment of the striker pin.

● The door must engage in the striker pin without excessive force.

The striker pin is correctly adjusted when the following applies in closed condition:

♦ Gaps are even

♦ Contours are flush with each other

♦ Door does not protrude too far inwards or outwards

– Loosen bolts -2-.

Note

Increased forces must be applied so that striker pin can be adjusted with bolts loosened.

– Before adjusting the rear door flush relative to the side panel or the front door, push striker pin -1- in direction of -arrow A- or -arrow B-.

– Tighten bolts -2- according to specified tightening sequence → Rep. gr.58; Assembly overview – door.

– Check gaps with setting gauge -3371-, observing → Rep. gr.00; centre gaps while doing so.

– If the door is not adjusted correctly, loosen striker pin and → Rep. gr.58; adjust door.

Tightening torques

♦ → Rep. gr.58; Assembly overview – door

Removing and installing door hinge

Removing

Removal and installation are described for left side of vehicle as an example.

The upper and lower sections of the door hinge will henceforth be referred to as “door hinge”.

Preparative measures

– Remove door → Rep. gr.58; Removing and installing door.

Upper section of door hinge

– Unscrew bolt -1-.

– Remove door hinge -2-.

Lower section of door hinge

– Remove lower B-pillar trim → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70; Trims, interior; Removing and installing lower B-pillar trim.

Lower section of upper door hinge

– Push aside front three-point seat belt.

All vehicles (continued)

Lower section of lower door hinge

– Remove front three-point seat belt → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.69; Seat belts; Removing and installing front three-point seat belt.

All vehicles (continued)

– Unscrew bolts -1- and -2-

– Remove door hinge -3-.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

– → Rep. gr.58; Adjust door.

Removing and installing door arrester

Removal and installation are described for the left side of vehicle as an example.

Removing

– Remove front loudspeaker → Communication; Rep. gr.91; Components/control units; Removing and installing bass loudspeakers.

NOTICE

Risk of damage to component surfaces.

– Mask off A-pillar in area of door arrester using commercially available adhesive tape.

– Unscrew bolt -2-.

– Unscrew bolts -3-.

– Remove door arrester -1- through opening in loudspeaker -arrow A-.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

Tightening torques

♦ → Rep. gr.57; Assembly overview – door

Removing and installing inner door seal

For reasons of clarity, the rear door is not shown in the illustrations of the following work procedures.

Removal and installation are described for left side of vehicle as an example.

Removing

– Remove sill panel moulding → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70; Trims, interior; Removing and installing rear sill panel moulding.

– Remove lower B-pillar trim → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70; Trims, interior; Removing and installing lower B-pillar trim.

– Remove C-pillar trim → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70; Trims, interior; Removing and installing C-pillar trim.

– Pull off inner door seal -1- from body flange -2-.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

NOTICE

When the inner door seal is pulled off, the flanks of the seal may get bent up so that the inner door seal no longer provides the required sealing function at some points.

Water ingress or wind noise may result.

– If the inner door seal has only been pulled off partially, compress the seal flanks, then install the inner door seal.

– Make sure that adjacent trims are located in the beading of the inner door seal.

– Start installing inner door seal -1- at top radius -arrow- of body flange -2-.

Important

● Make sure that vulcanised point -3- is not creased.

– Align vulcanised point -3- with threaded connection of door arrester.

– Apply inner door seal -1- in lower area using plastic hammer.

– Apply inner door seal -1- in upper area by hand.