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Volkswagen Golf Mk7 Service & Repair Manual: Round connector systems

Note: release any secondary locking mechanism first. This page covers disengaging contacts in round connector systems using the prescribed release tool.

  Note
If necessary, any housing catches in place (secondary locking mechanisms) must be released or removed prior to disengaging the contacts using the prescribed tool → Chapter.
   
–  Insert the release tool appropriate for the contact housing in the release port of the contact housing.
–  Grab hold of the contact by the wire and push it lightly into the contact housing -arrow-.
  Note
By pushing the contact in the direction of the contact housing, the locking tabs of the contact are lifted up by the housing edge and disengaged using the release tool.
–  At the same time, push the release tool in the direction of the contact housing -arrow- and pull out the released contact from the contact housing.
 

Round connector systems

–  The release tool can be pulled out of the contact housing again once the contact has been removed.
 

Round connector systems

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    Round connector systems — Volkswagen Golf Mk7

    What round connector systems does the Golf Mk7 use?
    Bayonet-lock and push-lock round connectors for sensors, actuators and lighting. Each has a specific release tool.
    Primary locking element
    The primary locking mechanism is what fixes an individual crimp contact in the contact housing. If necessary, any housing catches in place (secondary ...

    Flat connector systems
      Note If necessary, any housing catches in place (secondary locking mechanisms) must be released or removed prior to disengaging the contacts using the ...