Volkswagen Tiguan Service and Repair Manual: Roof Railing

Tools

Special tools and workshop equipment required

• Torque Wrench 1331 5-50Nm -VAG1331-

Overview - Roof Railing

1. Roof Railing
   • Removing.
   • Installing.
2. Bolt
3. Upper Conical Washer
4. Upper Conical Washer
5. Bracket
   • Removing and installing
   • New Bracket, Installing
6. Hex Nut
   • Tightening specification: 10 Nm.
   • Roof railing threaded connection
   • Quantity: 4 on each side
7. Bolt
   • Tightening specification: 10 Nm.
   • Bracket threaded connection
   • quantity: 2 per bracket

Roof Railing, Removing and Installing

Removing

Note

• If the roof railing is only removed on one side, it is sufficient to lower the headliner on this side.
• If the roof railing is removed on both sides, the headliner must be completely removed.

• Loosen the headliner on one side until it can be lowered.

The headliner must not be damaged when lowering it and performing the following steps.

• Remove the nuts -3- from the roof railing threaded bolts -2-.
• Guide the roof railing -1- with threaded pins upward out of the brackets -3- and evenly lift -arrows- the roof railing from the roof.

When removing the roof railing, the brackets -4- remain in the vehicle.

Installing

All brackets -4- are installed.

• Evenly place the roof railing -1- on the roof. Do this beginning with front threaded pins -2-.
• Mount the nuts -3- (tightening specification: 10 Nm).

Roof Rail Bracket, Removing and Installing

Bracket, Removing

Note

• If the bracket is to be re-installed, make sure the conical washers remain in tolerance compensations in their places.
• Always use a lower and upper conical washer.
• The conical washers must not be interchanged.

• Remove the headliner.
• Remove the roof rail.
• Remove the nuts -4-.
• Remove the bracket -1- together with tolerance compensations -2 and 3-.

If the bracket is to be reinstalled, secure the tolerance compensations with commercially available adhesive tape.

Bracket, Installing

Note

Do not interchange the conical washers -3 and 4-.

If you have secure the conical washers with adhesive tape, remove tape before installation.

• Make sure the conical washers -3 and 4- fit properly.
• Place the roof railing -1- on the roof, then guide the bracket -5- over the threaded pins until the conical washers -3 and 4- are centered.
• Tighten the nuts -6- until the bracket comes in contact with the roof.
• Tighten the nuts -7- (tightening specification: 10 Nm).
• Now tighten the nuts -6- (tightening specification: 10 Nm).
• If dents appear around the base of the roof railing, readjust the bracket.

New Bracket, Installing

• Install the new bracket -1- until the securing pins -5- in the roof engage -arrow a-.
• Tighten the nuts -6- (tightening specification: 10 Nm).
• Remove the securing pin -5- upward -arrow b- and remove the securing cap -2- downward -arrow c-.
• If dents appear around the base of the roof railing, readjust the bracket.