Volkswagen ID.3: Air conditioner. Air duct

• Assembly overview - air duct and air distribution in passenger compartment
• Removing and installing driver side footwell vents, left-hand drive vehicles
• Removing and installing driver side footwell vents, right-hand drive vehicles
• Removing and installing front passenger side footwell vents, left-hand drive vehicles
• Removing and installing rear footwell vent
• Removing and installing air duct for defroster vent
• Removing and installing air duct for centre dash panel vent
• Removing and installing air duct for rear centre console vent
• Removing and installing front air duct for dash panel

Assembly overview - air duct and air distribution in passenger compartment

Assembly overview - air duct and air distribution in passenger compartment

Overview shows left-hand drive vehicle as an example

1 - Front air duct for dash panel

❏ Right-hand drive vehicle: mirror image

❏ → Rep. gr.87; Removing and installing front air duct for dash panel

2 - Bolt

❏ Qty. 2

❏ 1.5 Nm

3 - Air duct for defroster vent

❏ → Rep. gr.87; Removing and installing air duct for defroster vent

4 - Bolt

❏ 1.5 Nm

5 - Footwell vent on front passenger side

❏ Right-hand drive vehicle: mirror image

❏ → Rep. gr.87; Removing and installing front passenger side footwell vents

6 - Right dash panel air duct

❏ Integrated in dash panel

❏ → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70; Dash panel; Removing and installing dash panel

7 - Spreader rivet

8 - Air duct for centre dash panel vent

❏ → Rep. gr.87; Removing and installing air duct for centre dash panel vent

9 - Air duct for rear vent in centre console

❏ Depending on equipment/version

10 - Rear right footwell vent

❏ → Rep. gr.87; Removing and installing rear footwell vent

11 - Rear left footwell vent

❏ → Rep. gr.87; Removing and installing rear footwell vent

12 - Left dash panel air duct

❏ Integrated in dash panel

❏ → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70; Dash panel; Removing and installing dash panel

13 - Footwell vent on driver side

❏ Right-hand drive vehicle: mirror image

❏ → Rep. gr.87; Removing and installing driver side footwell vents

14 - Bolt

❏ 1.5 Nm

Removing and installing driver side footwell vents, left-hand drive vehicles

Removing and installing driver side footwell vents, left-hand drive vehicles

Removing

– Disconnect electrical connector -2-.

– Unscrew bolt -3-.

– Detach footwell vent -1- in direction of -arrow-.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

Tightening torques

♦ → Rep. gr.87; Assembly overview – air ducts and air distribution in passenger compartment

Removing and installing driver side footwell vents, right-hand drive vehicles

Removing and installing driver side footwell vents, right-hand drive vehicles

Removing

– Disconnect electrical connector -1-.

– Unscrew bolt -3-.

– Remove footwell vent -2-.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

Tightening torques

♦ → Rep. gr.87; Assembly overview – air ducts and air distribution in passenger compartment

Removing and installing front passenger side footwell vents, left-hand drive vehicles

Removing and installing front passenger side footwell vents, left-hand drive vehicles

Removing

– Remove glove compartment → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.68; Compartments/covers; Removing and installing glove compartment cover; Removing and installing glove compartment cover.

– Disconnect electrical connector -1-.

– Unscrew bolt -2-.

– Remove footwell vent -3-, observing the following:

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

Tightening torques

♦ → Rep. gr.87; Assembly overview – air ducts and air distribution in passenger compartment

Removing and installing rear footwell vent

Removing and installing rear footwell vent

Removing

– Remove floor covering → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70; Interior trim; Removing and installing floor covering.

– Remove centre console bracket → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.68; Centre console; Removing and installing centre console bracket.

– Detach footwell vent -3- from pins -2-.

– Raise footwell vent -3-, and remove it from heater and air conditioning unit -1-.

Installing

Install in reverse order.

Removing and installing air duct for defroster vent

Removing and installing air duct for defroster vent

Removing

– Remove dash panel → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70; Dash panel; Removing and installing dash panel.

– Unhook air duct for defroster vent -2- from fasteners -3-, and remove it upwards.

Installing

Install in reverse order.

Removing and installing air duct for centre dash panel vent

Removing and installing air duct for centre dash panel vent

Removing

– Remove dash panel → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70; Dash panel; Removing and installing dash panel.

– Detach spreader rivet -1-.

– Remove air duct for centre dash panel vent -2- upwards from heater and air conditioning unit.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal.

Removing and installing air duct for rear centre console vent

Removing and installing air duct for rear centre console vent

Removing

– On this particular vehicle, there is no vent fitted in the rear but a cover cap -1- fitted in the heater and air conditioning unit.

Removing and installing front air duct for dash panel

Removing and installing front air duct for dash panel

Removal and installation are described for a left-hand drive vehicle as an example.

Removing

– Remove dash panel → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70; Dash panel; Removing and installing dash panel.

– Unscrew bolts -2-

– Remove front air duct for dash panel -1-.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

Tightening torques

♦ → Rep. gr.87; Assembly overview – air duct and air distribution in passenger compartment

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